France, Vietnam sign deals worth $10 billion as Macron visits Hanoi
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HANOI, May 26 (Reuters) - France and Vietnam signed deals on Monday on Airbus planes, defence and other pacts, worth over $10 billion as President Emmanuel Macron visited Hanoi seeking to boost France's influence in its former colony amid risks of high U.S. tariffs.
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Macron said France signed 9 billion euros ($10.25 billion) worth of contracts in Vietnam during his visit.
Deals covered the purchase of 20 Airbus planes, cooperation on nuclear energy, defence, rail and maritime transport, Airbus earth-observation satellites and Sanofi vaccines (SASY.PA), opens new tab, a list of documents seen by Reuters showed, confirming an earlier report.
In total 14 deals were signed, which would be short of the dozens that the French presidential palace had said were in preparation before the visit, but more agreements were expected to be announced on Tuesday, an official said.
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Macron added the partnership with Vietnam "entails a reinforced defence cooperation", citing the signing of multiple projects on defence and space.
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