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German papers hail Vietnam’s voice on international arena

A number of German politicians, experts and papers have hailed Vietnam for raising important voices in trade liberalisation and climate change response.
German papers hail Vietnam’s voice on international arena ảnh 1Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Source: VNA)
Berlin (VNA) – A number of German politicians,experts and papers have hailed Vietnam for raising important voices in tradeliberalisation and climate change response.

The Neues Deutscheland (New Germany), one of the majorGerman papers, ran an article by Dr. Detlef Pries who said Vietnam’s presenceat the G20 Summit as Chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2017reflects the country’s improving prestige on international arena.

Reviewing Vietnam’s economic progresses over the past threedecades since the renovation in 1986, the author said its economic growth couldbe comparable to any economies’. In the past decade, income per capita surgedfrom 730 USD in 2007 to 2,445 USD in 2016, which is set to soar to 3,200 USD in2020 by the 12th National Party Congress.

Pries said he is impressed by Vietnam’s economic growthtarget of 6.7 percent this year, and said in order to achieve such ambitiousgoal, the Southeast Asian country needs to have fine economic and traderelations, with a focus on attraction of foreign direct investment and freetrade agreements.

According to the article, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s recentvisits to the US and Japan aimed to boost mutually-beneficial ties. Apart fromcoming to Germany for the G20 Summit, the PM paid a working trip to Berlin tostep up negotiations on the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and increase all-around collaborationwith Germany in various areas, including vocational training to improvecompetitiveness.

“Vietnam wants to strengthen relations with Germany” is thetitle of an article run by the German Press Agency (DPA), which said PM Phucheld working sessions with Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz states to reinforce tiesacross economy, education and culture.

It added that over the past years, Vietnam has workedclosely with Germany to build a law-governed State, thus laying foundation forsustainable socio-economic development.-VNA

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