NA Vice Chairman receives Minister-President of Germany's Hesse State

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Duc Hai on November 27 received Minister-President of State of Hesse of Germany Boris Rhein, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Duc Hai (right) and Minister-President of State of Hesse of Germany Boris Rhein. (Photo: VNA)
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Duc Hai (right) and Minister-President of State of Hesse of Germany Boris Rhein. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Duc Hai on November 27 received Minister-President of State of Hesse of Germany Boris Rhein, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

Hai emphasised that Rhein's visit is of significance as the two countries will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations in 2025.

Over the past nearly 50 years, the relations have continuously developed and expanded in various fields, including politics-diplomacy, trade-investment, education-training-labor, science-technology, and security-defence.

Highlighting Hesse's role as a leading economic hub in Germany and Europe, Hai stated that within the overall positive Vietnam-Germany ties, the relationship between Vietnam and Hesse has been growing across all sectors, especially in economy, education, training, and people-to-people exchange, with the bilateral trade turnover reaching about 1 billion USD per year.

The cooperation between Vietnam and Hesse is on a strong upward trajectory, clearly evidenced by the presence of many Hesse enterprises in Vietnam and vice versa.

Particularly, in educational cooperation, the Vietnamese-German University in Ho Chi Minh City, established with the initiative of Hesse, has become a centre of high-quality education.

Moreover, Hesse has continued to participate in the project to build, develop, and expand the university, and provided scholarships for Vietnamese students and researchers.

Regarding parliamentary cooperation, Hai said he hoped that the legislative bodies of the two countries will cooperate more closely through dialogue mechanisms and policy exchanges at various levels, thus enhancing mutual understanding and trust, as well as fostering friendship between the two peoples and cooperation between the parliamentary groups of the two countries.

For his part, Rhein praised the socio-economic achievements Vietnam has made in recent years.

He emphasised that Vietnam and Germany still have great potential for cooperation, especially in the field of education and training. He noted that Hesse's authorities consider the Vietnamese-German University project a top priority and will continue to coordinate with Vietnam to promote the university's growth.

The two sides agreed to closely coordinate in implementing activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Germany diplomatic relations (September 23, 1975 - 2025)./.

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