His office also downplayed the interaction. In this grab taken from video, France's President Emmanuel Macron prepares to disembark a plane on arrival, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, May 25, 2025.

French President Emmanuel Macron looks at a display of photographs at a luncheon with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam at Van Mieu, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday May 26, 2025.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron called on Monday for closer cooperation between Vietnam and France in an increasingly unstable global landscape as he visited Hanoi as part ...

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Indonesia with First Lady Brigitte following the viral ‘slap-gate’ moment in Vietnam, which he downplayed as playful “horsing around.” ...

French President Emmanuel Macron vowed closer cooperation on defense, transport, and nuclear energy with Vietnam's leaders during his visit to Hanoi. Framework agreements were signed on several ...

Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam and his wife, Ngo Phong Ly, with French President Emmanuel Macron, center right, and his wife Brigitte Macron, center left, pose for a photo with ...

A teacher, she supervised the drama club where Emmanuel Macron, a literature lover, was a member. He moved to Paris for his last year of high school, but promised to marry Brigitte.

During the recent state visit to the United Kingdom, an awkward moment was recorded when exiting the presidential plane.

After a confrontational video went viral back in May, Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte had another notable deplaning ...

President of France Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, have been married since 2007. However, there are signs ...