Historic sites that welcomed French presidentsVietNamNet Bridge - French President Francois Hollande paid a visit to the Old Quarter and the Kim Ngan Temple in Hanoi while President Jacques Chirac came to the Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi. French President Francois Hollande talked with French tourists in the Old Quarter on September 6. Hollande is the third French President to visit Vietnam. In 1997, President Jacques Chirac participated in the inauguration of the Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi. On November 12, 1997, Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh and French President Jacques Chirac cut the ribbon to open the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology.

Source: VietNamNet News September 08, 2016 08:26 UTC