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The ASEAN-Germany Development Partnership Committee (AG-DPC) convened its first session at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 23.

President Tran Dai Quang offered condolences to his German counterpart Joachim Gauck on December 21 over the heavy loss of human lives in the December 19 truck attack in Berlin.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Advisor to Foreign Minister Vu Quang Minh attended the Sherpa Meeting of the G20 Developing and Emerging Economies in Berlin, Germany on December 12-13.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang met and discussed cooperation with visiting Mayor Burkhard Jung of Germany’s Leipzig city on November 29.

The Prime Minister has approved a project on social objectives in sustainable green growth in Vietnam, using the non-refundable official development assistance (ODA) from the German government.

The Steering Committee for Southwest Region had a working session with the Australian and German ambassadors to Vietnam in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 28, with a focus on stimulating further engagement among the sides.

International art lovers get an insight into the development of the Vietnamese lacquer painting art when visiting an exhibition underway at Fahrbereitschaft exhibition house in Berlin.

The fifth dialogue between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Social Democratic Party of Germany, themed “Developing small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam and Germany”, opened in Hanoi.

The Government of Germany will provide 45.8 million EUR (49 million USD) to support development in Laos for 2016-2017.

The Germany-Vietnam Water Forum held in HCM City on November 9 to discuss ways the two countries could cooperate in water, wastewater and urban resilience projects.

Gunmen from the Islamic insurgent group Abu Sayyaf on November 6 attacked a yacht in Sabahz of Malaysia, kidnapping a German man and killing his girlfriend.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the German Federation of Social Equality have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance bilateral ties

Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Ho Chi Minh City on November 1 as part of his trip to Vietnam.

Germany supports Vietnam’s stance of settling the East Sea dispute by peaceful means on the basis of international law, said visiting Chief of Staff of the German Army General Rainer Schuwirth.