(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai hosted a reception on Wednesday for the French Minister of State for Foreign Trade, the Promotion of Tourism and French Nationals Abroad Matthias Fekl who is currently on a working visit to Vietnam.

Mr. Hai appreciated the results of the third high-level annual Vietnam-France economic dialogue under the chairmanship of minister Fekl and the Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment. He described the talks as an opportunity for both sides to review and examine ways to promote stronger future cooperation. The Deputy PM suggested the two sides accelerate the implementation of joint projects such as  a project on small satellites observing natural resources, the environment and natural disasters, a Nhon - Hanoi railway station urban railway project and a cooperation project between France’s GDF Suez group and the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group.