“GBA Oktoberfest Vietnam”, Germany’s biggest annual cultural festival held in Vietnam, will kick off in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City after a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese veterans in Germany hosted a meeting to mark the 75th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27) in the city of Magdeburg, the state of Sachsen-Anhalt, on July 24.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception on June 28 for Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Switzerland Philipp Rosler and a Swiss business delegation who are visiting Vietnam to seek opportunities for trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and Germany and Switzerland.

A seminar was held in Frankfurt arm Main by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Thien Minh Group (TMG) on April 20 to promote Vietnam tourism in Germany.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam-Germany Innovation Network (VGI) and Bach Khoa Hanoi Technology Investment and Development One Member Company Limited (BK-HOLDINGS) signed an agreement on December 22 to strengthen co-operation in the fields of science, technology, and innovation.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on October 31 sent a letter of congratulations to Bärbel Bas over her election as Speaker of the German Parliament.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi administration has decided to lift a 14-day lockdown on Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital starting 00.00hrs on October 18 after its coronavirus outbreak was brought under control.

VOV.VN - The nation registered 3,193 additional COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours to six p.m on October 17, with most of the cases detected in Ho Chi Minh City with 1,059, Binh Duong with 537, and Dong Nai with 517, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Berlin organised the friendly Vietnam-Germany golf tournament 2021 on October 2, with the aim of consolidating friendship between the Vietnamese community and German friends, and strengthen the solidarity among Vietnamese expats in the European country.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Hanoi capital has locked down a building after a person tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Hanoi Center for Disease Control reported on September 30.