The Vietnamese delegation visited areas displaying new equipment, technologies, and weapons of some major defence industry businesses of France. The delegation, led by Rear Admiral Phạm Như Xuân, Deputy Commander of the Việt Nam People’s Navy, also had meetings with Vice Admiral Vincent du Gardin, who is in charge of external affairs at the French Naval Command, and Brigadier General Caroline Salahun, Director for Asia-Pacific at the Directorate General of Armaments of the French Ministry of Armed Forces. The two sides agreed to step up naval exchanges, focusing on such areas as training, hydrography, the maintenance of French naval vessels’ visits to Việt Nam, joint search and rescue exercises, maritime security, and some others of common interest. Euronaval, created in 1968 for the French naval industry, has gradually opened up to European and then international manufacturers, becoming the global benchmark for naval defence. The biennial event presents the answers to the major naval and maritime challenges of the 21st century./.