At the working session (Photo: VNA) Berlin (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassadorto Germany Vu Quang Minh on June 30 held a working session with Nadja Zivkovic, Mayor of Marzahn-Hellersdorfborough of Berlin, to discuss ways to beef up its cooperation with Vietnamese localitiesvia specific projects in the near future.
Minh hoped that Marzahn-Hellersdorf would continue offering support to the overseasVietnamese community there, enabling them to grow stronger and make even morepositive and diverse contributions to the borough's development, including thePacific Trade Centre or Vietnamese pagodas within the borough.
Speakinghighly of a cooperationagreement between the borough and Hanoi’s Hoang Mai district, he underlined the need to resume cooperative relations after over two years of disruption dueto the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in education, vocational training, nursing andgreen technology.
According to the diplomat, the amendments to the Immigration Law recentlyapproved by the German federal parliament will provide good opportunities forVietnamese people to integrate even further into their second homeland.
Vietnam is ready to partner with the borough to materialisethese opportunities, especially in education, vocational training, nursing andmore, he said.
As several German states and cities are fostering relationswith Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam, the ambassador suggested that apart from HoangMai district, Marzahn-Hellersdorf should consider expanding collaboration with districts inHo Chi Minh City - a dynamic and rapidly developing city with several underway Germanprojects.
Zivkovic, for her part, lauded the OV community's integration and contributions in the borough and committed to provide all possible support for them for commondevelopment.
She hoped to visit Hoang Mai district in November togetherwith a delegation of businesses working in areas where both sides have interest.
Hoang Mai is one of the six districts/cities worldwide withwhich Marzahn-Hellersdorf has established a partnership. The borough alsonamed a street "Hanoi" (Hanoier Strasse) in compliance withthe regulations to name streets after cities rather than districts.
According to preliminary statistics, there are close to5,000 Vietnamese people residing and working in Marzahn-Hellersdorf at present./.
