National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Rabea
Brauer, Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Institute, in
Hanoi on Nov. 3.
At the reception, Ngan said
she is pleased with the positive, intensive and comprehensive
development of the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation
between Vietnam and Germany over the past time.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent visit to Vietnam marked a new
milestone in the bilateral ties with the signing of the Hanoi Joint
Statement on the official establishment of the Vietnam-Germany Strategic
Partnership, she noted.
Besides strong trade and
investment ties, the two countries have continuously strengthened
cooperation in the legal and judicial sector through the exchange of
experience and cooperation in promoting capacity.
Applauding KAS’s coordinating role in the Vietnam-Germany Programme on
Legal and Judicial Cooperation in the 2009-2011 period, the NA Vice
Chairwoman suggested the two sides soon define cooperation programmes
for the 2012-2014 period.
She expressed her wish
that KAS will continue its assistance for the Vietnamese NA and affirmed
that the Vietnamese NA is ready to support and participate in
cooperation programmes between the two countries.
The KAS Director informed the host about the institute’s cooperation
plans with Vietnam in the 2012-2014 period, focusing on organising
study trips and seminars and granting scholarships.
In 2012, KAS will give priority to improving the capacity of
Vietnamese NA deputies and implementing a project to strengthen
cooperation between the two countries’ parliaments and peoples, he
added.
With its headquarters in Bonn city and
70 representative offices in 120 countries, KAS supports dialogues on
foreign and security policies as well as exchanges between cultures and
regions in the world.
The institute, which is
named after the first German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, set up its
representative office in Vietnam in 1992./.