Three German agencies open joint office in HCMC
The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), German development bank KfW Group, and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) have opened a joint office in HCMC
German Consulate General holds reception to mark German Unity Day in Vietnam
The event was organized to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall, which was triggered by the peaceful opposition of 18 million people in The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1989, according to the German Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam runs $1.7 bn trade surplus with Germany in Jan-Aug
The surplus Vietnam enjoyed from trading with Germany made up 56.6 percent of the country’s trade surplus with all of its foreign partners in the first eight months of this year
Lahm says Germany must improve defence
Germany captain Philipp Lahm on Wednesday said his side must drastically improve their defence or risk an early World Cup exit
Loew fine-tunes German squad for pre-World Cup camp
Germany coach Joachim Loew on Wednesday fine-tuned his 27-man squad ahead of their pre-World Cup training camp
Germany in search of skilled labor from Vietnam
A program called “Make it in Germany” is under way to attract skilled professionals from India, Indonesia and Vietnam to join in the German labor force.
Merkel offers controlled glimpses of private life
Amid the eurozone debt troubles, Merkel has been vilified abroad and portrayed with a Hitler moustache for pushing austerity, and applauded at home for her prudent crisis management.