Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich had bilateral meetings on June 2 with Defence Ministers of Australia, France and Japan on the sidelines of the 17th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known French and Indian movies will be introduced to audiences in Hanoi on October 20.

 Vietnamese, French and Belgian artists will perform in a joint dance performance called “Urban distortions” in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four French films “Michael Kohlaas,” “Les Aventures d’Adèle Blanc-Sec,” “La Grande Illusion,” “Belle and Sébastien” and Vietnamese film “First Love” will be introduced in Hanoi in July.

French and Vietnamese models recently took to the catwalk on a four-day fashion show on Ao Dai designed by Ngo Nhat Huy. The event is within the Paris fair 2015 from April 29 to May 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Norodom Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral, straight boulevards ... are the rare photos of Saigon taken by the French from plane in 1930.

 VietNamNet Bridge – O Dat Ke Thu, written by amateur writer Le Lan Anh, is the first Vietnamese novel to be published by L'Hamarttan, one of France's leading publishing houses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the evening of December 13-14, thousands of people packed the roads around the Reunification Palace to see the light and sound effect show by the French artists, using the 3D mapping technology.

Being jailed in Chi Hoa Prison for advocating Vietnam’s revolution, André Marcel Menras was named Ho Cuong Quyet by his inmates. In 2009, he was the first foreigner who was granted the Vietnamese citizenship.