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Ho Chi Minh City attaches importance to and pledges to further foster cooperation with Germany in the time to come, said a local official.

In 2011, leaders of Vietnam and Germany signed the Hanoi Joint Declaration, upgrading bilateral relations to a strategic partnership, creating a new impetus to promote cooperation between the two countries.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem on November 21 hosted a reception for visiting Minister of Economic Affairs, Science and Digitalisation of Saxony-Anhalt state of Germany Armin Willingmann.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted President of the Hessen State Parliament Boris Rhein in the southern city on November 14.

Ho Chi Minh City wishes to enhance effective cooperation with German localities, thus contributing to the ties of the two countries for peace and development, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan on October 2.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party’s Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on August 5 hosted a reception for German investors who visited to explore investment opportunities in the southern hub of Vietnam.

Nguyen Thien Nhan, Politburo member and Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee, on June 19 hosted a reception for outgoing German Ambassador to Vietnam Christian Berger.

A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan paid a working visit to Hessen state of Germany from May 22-24.

The German House was inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City on March 26 at a ceremony which also marked the 25-year presence of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Vietnam.

Vietnam attaches importance to the strategic partnership with Germany and hopes the two sides will further tighten bilateral cooperation, especially in the fields of economy, trade and investment, a high-ranking Party official stated on March 25.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception on March 13 for economist Philipp Rosler, urging him to make further contributions to Vietnam’s socio-economic development, especially towards the development of the business community.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on February 20 described the ongoing visit by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh as laying a foundation for both countries to develop bilateral strategic partnership.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed that Vietnam always treasures its strategic partnership with Germany - a leading partner of Vietnam in Europe.

Leipzig city has become the first German locality to open a representative office in Vietnam, contributing to strengthening trade and investment partnership between the city and Vietnam and connecting businesses of the two nations, according to the German Business Association in Vietnam.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on December 6 received First Mayor of Leipzig City Torsten Bonew from Germany, who visited to seek partnership opportunities.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen has highlighted good chances investors from Germany and its Saxony state will have when investing in areas of the city’s demands, especially in education and vocational training.

Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held talks with Andreas Michaelis, State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, on November 1 as part of his ongoing working visit to the European country.

Ho Chi Minh City wishes to foster collaboration with Rheinland Pfalz state of Germany in various fields, especially economy and education, stated Le Thanh Liem, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee at a meeting with Volker Wissing, the state’s Minister of Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture in the city on April 13.

A meeting was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 30 to mark the 27th Day of German Unity (October 3).

The 25-storey German House project, which is located at the centre of District 1 in the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City, will welcome the first guests on September 5.