Speaking at the opening ceremony on June 26, Minister of Industry andTrade Vu Huy Hoang said that Vietnam and Germany have lifted theirpartnership to a strategic level. The two countries’ two-way tradereached nearly 7.7 billion USD in 2013.
He expressedhis hope that the week-long activity in the European country willenable Vietnamese producers to learn more about the taste of Europeancustomers to meet their future needs, through Metro systems.
The minister highly valued Metro’s operation in the Vietnamese market,saying that the chain has contributed importantly to boosting theeconomic, trade and investment ties between Vietnam and Germany.
Metro is present in 29 countries and territories with 752 distributioncentres, 19 of which are in 14 Vietnamese localities.
In the afternoon of June 26, Minister Hoang held a working sessionwith Berlin’s Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit seeking to further promotethe cooperation in economics, trade and investment between Vietnam andthe capital.-VNA