The agreement was reached during talks in Paris between Fleur Pellerin, French Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Digital Economy, and Nguyen Bac Son, Vietnamese Minister of Information and Communication, who visited France from September 3-7.

Both sides exchanged measures to boost cooperation in the communication and publishing industries to improve staff’s skills in the field.

Son also held a working session with Aurelie Filippeti, Minister of Culture and Communication, to promote the images of Vietnam and France to international friends.

The two ministers shared experience in managing telecommunications, restructuring telecom businesses, and developing media networks for telecom, radio & TV broadcasting, printed and online genres.

At another working session, Son exchanged views on information dissemination and staff training with the management of Channel 24. They all agreed to send their reporters to each other to share experience in the field.