Vietnam attaches importance to the traditional relationship with Germany and wishes to further enhance bilateral collaboration, especially in economy and trade.
The Vietnam – Germany Friendship Association (VGFA) held a get-together in Hanoi on October 11 to mark the 28th anniversary of German National Day (October 3).
The Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association on August 4 had a new 78-strong Executive Board for the 2018-2023 tenure with Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung elected as the association’s President.
Vietnam treasures ties with Germany and wishes for the further development of bilateral cooperation, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told German Ambassador to Vietnam Christan Berger.
Vietnam holds potential to develop its software industry thanks to having many young IT-savvy workers, according to Cedrik Neike, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, Europe’s leading industrial manufacturer based in Germany.
The German Consulate General in HCM City on October 8 held a ceremony marking the 26th anniversary of Germany’s Unification Day (October 3, 1990-2016).
There is great potential for Vietnam and Germany – the 4th largest economy – to strengthen all-round ties, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Doan Xuan Hung told Vietnam News Agency correspondents.
A ceremony was held in Berlin, Germany, on January 27 as a start of a
series of events to be held throughout 2015 marking the 40th
anniversary of Vietnam-Germany diplomatic relations (1975-2015).
The upcoming official Germany visit of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung,
spanning October 14-15, is promising to create new deals between the two
countries, especially in trade and investment, said Vietnamese
Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh.
The ancient Hoi An city in central Quang Nam province has become the
first Vietnamese city to twin with a German counterpart under an
agreement signed recently in the sister city - Wernigerode.
The Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association under the Vietnam Union of
Friendship Organisations in coordination with Germany ’s
Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES) Institute have held talks themed “
Germany on the threshold of the 2013 Federal Diet Election”.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s official visit to Vietnam from
October 11-12 is expected to further boost the intensive development of
the Vietnam-Germany relations in all fields.
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and State Secretary of
the German Federal Foreign Office Emily Haber held the annual political
consultation between Vietnam and Germany in Hanoi on Oct. 7.
Both Vietnam and Germany have found that the two nations still have many
potentials to further develop federal- and state-level relations as
well as ties between their parties, said a senior official.
Many businesses from the German state of Sachen Anhalt are on a visit to
Vietnam to seek opportunities for long-term cooperation for mutual
benefit with the Southeast Asian nation.
