French Development Agency (AFD) Director General Christophe Lecourtier (2nd R) and Hanoi People's Committee Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Luu (3rd L) pose with the agreenments as they flanked by French President Emmanuel Macron (R), Vietnamese General Secretary and President To Lam (2nd L) and Vietnamese Rector of the University of Transport Technology (UTT) Nguyen Hoang Long (L) during a signing ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris on September 10, 2026. (Photo by Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)