VOV.VN - Elke Büdenbender, the wife of the German President, joined with Phan Thi Thanh Tam, the wife of President Vo Van Thuong, to watch a traditional water puppet show held on January 23 in Hanoi as part of her ongoing official visit to Vietnam.

The state visit to Vietnam by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is expected to create new momentum for Vietnam-Germany cooperation in key areas, including industry, trade and energy, Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, told Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary at Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, in Hanoi on January 23.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong has expressed his belief that the Vietnam visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will contribute to strengthening friendly relations and political trust, adding fresh impetus to comprehensively reinforcing the Vietnam-Germany strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife went on a tour of the historic Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s oldest university, on January 23 in Hanoi as part of their two-day state visit to the nation.

VOV.VN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is currently on a State visit to Vietnam, was welcomed on the January 23 by President Vo Van Thuong at a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife arrived in Hanoi on January 23 morning, starting their two-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest on January 22 as part of his official visit to the European nation.

Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the ASEAN States Gabriele Katzmarek highlighted Germany-Vietnam relations while granting an interview to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Berlin ahead of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s state visit to Vietnam on January 23-24.

VOV.VN - The bilateral relationship between Vietnam and Germany has flourished across multiple fields since diplomatic ties were first set up in September, 1975, with ties subsequently lifted to a strategic partnership in October, 2011.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 22 for Governor of Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture Hattori Seitaro who is on a working visit to Vietnam.