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.
German Ambassador to Vietnam Christian Berger was presented the State President’s Friendship Order in Hanoi on July 26 for his active contribution to Vietnam – Germany relations and cooperation.
Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has stated that improving the efficiency of cooperative ties between Ho Chi Minh City and the German city of Frankfurt not only benefits both sides, but will also develop Vietnam-Germany relations.
Minister of Planning and Investment and Chairman of the Vietnam – Germany Friendship Association Nguyen Chi Dung on March 17 presented gifts and Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State to German individuals and organisations who contributed to bilateral traditional friendship and cooperation.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc
Cuong and German Secretary of State Foreign Office Wolf-Ruthart Born
met in Berlin to discuss measures boosting bilateral cooperation
between the two countries.
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