President Truong Tan Sang and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck expressed pleasure at the rapid development of the Vietnam-Germany strategic partnership at their talks in Berlin on November 25.
German director Dominik Gunther from Hamburg and puppeteers from Dresden are cooperating with the Hanoi-based Youth Theatre to stage a play entitled Fisherman and a Golden Fish.
President Truong Tan Sang and his entourage arrived in Berlin at 6 pm (Vietnamese time) on November 24, beginning his three-day State visit to Germany.
The Prime Minister has given the nod to a project on sustainable conservation and management work at the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.
DIGI-TEXX Vietnam, a 100 percent foreign direct invested company from Germany opened its first branch in Can Tho City's Ninh Kieu district on November 20, creating 250 jobs.
Vo Tuan Nhan, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Science, Technology and Environment, has expressed hope for more cooperation between Vietnam and Germany in natural resources.
The Vietnam Film Institute (VFI) received more than 200 original film and documentary reels from the Germany-Vietnam Friendship Association in Hanoi on November 18.
Over 720 scholarships worth over 22 billion VND (990,000 USD) have been given to Vietnamese students under the Happel Scholarship programme funded by Germany’s Happel Institute over a decade.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has conveyed condolences to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the decease of the European nation’s former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.