法国总统称赞与越南的战略合作伙伴关系

 　　法国总统称赞与越南的战略合作伙伴关系

　　PARIS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande met visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung here on Wednesday, welcoming a strategic partnership¹ agreement between the two countries, the French presidency² said in a statement.

　　Hollande hailed such a kind of partnership, saying it will strengthen the bilateral³ ties and promote cooperation in all dimensions.

　　The signing of the strategic partnership coincided with the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and Vietnam.

　　The 2013-2014 France-Vietnam-year will be an opportunity to concretely implement⁴ priorities between the two countries, said Hollande.

　　He also discussed with the Vietnamese prime minister international and regional issues, stressing the importance of Vietnam as a partner of France in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Asia.

　　French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault also met with the Vietnamese prime minister on the same day.

　　During Dung's three-day visit, the two countries will sign eight memoranda⁵ of understanding on cooperation in areas of banking⁶, health, aerospace⁷, ground transportation and energy, according to the statement.

1 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

2 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

3 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

4 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

5 memoranda   

n. 备忘录, 便条 名词memorandum的复数形式

参考例句：

• There were memoranda, minutes of meetings, officialflies, notes of verbal di scussions. 有备忘录，会议记录，官方档案，口头讨论的手记。
• Now it was difficult to get him to address memoranda. 而现在，要他批阅备忘录都很困难。

6 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

7 aerospace   

adj.航空的，宇宙航行的

参考例句：

• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。