French newly-appointed Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and his spouse (Photo: Getty Images)

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday sent a message of congratulations to newly-appointed French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. Ayrault, born in 1950 in Maine-et-Loire, 300 km southwest of Paris, will serve a 5-year term.Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also congratulated Laurent Fabius who has been nominated as the new French Foreign Minister