Vietnamese ambassador seeks to expand ties with German state
Berlin (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany
Nguyen Minh Vu has paid a working trip to Rostock city, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
state, northern Germany.
During a working session on August 6 held at Warnemünde Maritime Simulation Centre, State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Health of the state Stefan Rudolph expressed his wish to enhance
cooperation between Germany and Vietnam, and between the state and Vietnam in
particular.
He reviewed several
successful projects in Vietnam, including health care, medical human resource
training, nursing for German hospitals and nursing centres, workforce for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
state’s representative office in Hanoi, and the state’s foreign language and
vocational training centre in Ha Tinh.
Rudolph also hoped that bilateral traditional
ties will be expanded in the near future with new orientations, including the
transfer of new technologies to defuse bombs and mines, settlement of post-war consequences,
and socio-economic development.
Speaking at the event, Vu said Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of the states to pioneer
in cooperation with Vietnam, including maritime services. Two-way trade between
two nations surpassed 14 billion USD last year, and Vietnam is now Germany’s
largest trade partner in ASEAN while Germany is Vietnam’s biggest trade partner
in the European Union.
He believed that bilateral
ties will be further extended with new cooperation opportunities.
Leaders of the Warnemünde Maritime Simulation Centre also briefed the ambassador about
maritime control network in Baltic Sea while representatives of several
companies introduced their strength./.