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| AFD Deputy Director General Marie Helene Loison welcomed Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at AFD headquarters in Paris. |
Within the framework of his working trip to attend the Summit on the New Global Financial Compact and work in the Republic of France, on June 21, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha visited the headquarters of the French Development Agency (AFD) and had a working session with Ms. Marie Helene Loison, Deputy General Director of AFD, and senior officials of AFD.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha highly appreciated French President Emmanuel Macron's initiative to organize a Summit on a new Global Financial Compact to seek new public-private financial sources, contributing to promoting finance for development and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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| Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha asked AFD to continue supporting and promoting cooperation with Vietnam in projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. |
Expressing his delight at the positive developments in Vietnam-France relations, especially in economic cooperation, an important pillar in the two countries' strategic partnership, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized the active role of AFD through the effective implementation of development aid projects in Vietnam since 1994, especially in the fields of energy, climate change response and urban transport.
On this occasion, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha asked AFD to continue supporting and promoting cooperation with Vietnam in projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, especially in coastal areas and the Mekong Delta...
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| Ms. Marie Helene Loison shared about AFD's orientations and strategies in Vietnam in the coming time. |
AFD Deputy Director General Marie Helene Loison highly appreciated Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha's attendance at the Summit on the New Global Financial Compact in France, demonstrating Vietnam's strong commitment and responsibility with the international community in efforts to respond to climate change.
Ms. Marie Helene Loison expressed her pleasure to discuss with the Deputy Prime Minister the cooperation situation between AFD and Vietnam, especially in the context of the two countries celebrating the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations and the 30th anniversary of cooperation between AFD and Vietnam.
Sharing about the orientations and strategies of AFD in Vietnam in the coming time, Deputy General Director Marie Helene Loison affirmed to continue implementing the socio-economic research program on climate change in Vietnam (GEMMES); agreed to support Vietnam in enhancing policy-making capacity, technology transfer and financial support in the fields of green energy development, renewable energy, smart power transmission, green fuel production, etc.
The two sides agreed to further strengthen cooperation between AFD and Vietnam in the field of energy transition, especially in the context of Vietnam's strong commitments at COP26 and the implementation of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP); continue to coordinate effectively in implementing economic projects serving sustainable development in Vietnam.
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