France and Vietnam signed a deal on Monday for 20 Airbus planes during President Macron’s visit to Hanoi. The visit also included agreements on nuclear energy, railways, satellites, and vaccines.
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France and Vietnam signed a deal on Monday for 20 Airbus planes, among other pacts, as President Emmanuel Macron visited Hanoi seeking to boost France’s influence in its former colony, grappling with threats of crippling U.S. tariffs.
Macron’s first formal visit to Vietnam, the first by a French president in nearly a decade, follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats on Friday of 50% duties on EU goods from June that sharply fuelled tension with the 27-nation bloc.
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