At the event (Photo: VNA) Berlin (VNA) – Anevent connecting Vietnamese and German start-ups for sustainable development took place, both online and offline, within the framework of theAsiaBerlin Summit 2021 from October 4-10.
The event was co-hosted by the SKARO GmbHcompany, the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany, the Digital Transformation Centrein Vietnam under the InternationalCooperation Agency of Germany (GIZ), and the Senate Department for Economics,Energy and Public Enterprises.
Minister Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassyin Germany Dang Chung Thuy described AsiaBerlin Summit 2021 and the event inparticular as an excellent platform to link the two countries’ businesses,start-ups and investors together.
He hailed Germany as one of the most importantpartners of Vietnam in the European Union. Two-way trade doubled in the pastdecade, reaching 13.2 billion EUR last year, making Vietnam the largest tradepartner of the European country in ASEAN.
With nearly 450 valid projects in Vietnam,Germany became one of the three biggest investors in the country during theperiod.
Participants at the event shared creative ideasabout technological, energy-efficient and eco-friendly solutions.
The AsiaBerlin initiativeaims to create a start-up ecological system between Asia and Berlin, thushelping startups in different areas, from Smart City, Urban Tech, GreenTech, toClimate Tech, Fintech, Social Entrepreneurship and Artificial Intelligence.
It is the fifth time the Vietnamese Embassy hasattended the AsiaBerlin Summit./.
