Vietnam, German state intensify cooperation

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu on March 22 made a working visit to Erfurt city in German state of Thuringen within the framework of the programmed aimed at intensifying the relations between the country and the state.
Vietnam, German state intensify cooperation ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu  (L) and Minister President Bodo Ramelow (Photo: VNA)

Berlin (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to GermanyNguyen Minh Vu on March 22 made a working visit to Erfurt city in German stateof Thuringen within the framework of the programmed aimed at intensifying therelations between the country and the state.

At a working session with local leading officials, thediplomat expressed his joy at the fact that a delegation from the state lead byMinister President Bodo Ramelow is going to visit Vietnam at the invitation ofDeputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh next month. Theinvitation, the first ever by Minh personally to a German locality, shows thatVietnam is very attentive to and appreciative of the importance of the visit,the diplomat stressed.

The diplomat highlighted that Vietnam can supply youngworkers to meet the need of Thuringen, especially in the field of health care,and asked local authorities to look for ways to ease Vietnamese workers’difficulties in the state. He also spoke highly of attention by the localadministration to the Vietnamese community there.

Minister Ramelow praised Vietnam’s economic development andsaid the coming visit will be a good chance for him to witness it with his owneyes. He revealed that the delegation will see the largest number ofrepresentatives of enterprises so far from the state to any other country.

He and other local leading officials highly valued thecontributions by the Vietnamese community to the life of the people in the stateand pledged to create favourable conditions for them.

Romelow will lead a 140-strong delegation, includingrepresentatives of 70 enterprises, to visit Vietnam in mid-April. Thuringen isa state in the east of Germany, with a population of 2 million and a GDP ofmore than 60 billion Euro (68 billion USD).-VNA 
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