German Parliamentary State Secretary to visit HCM City

Parliamentary State Secretary Fuchtel will attend the opening of a conference held by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and visit a vocational school for underprivileged youths during his trip.

The secretary will also have working sessions on such issues as developing the private economic sector and building frame conditions for the country’s economic development at a time when Vietnam is employing its green growth strategy, the German Consulate General said.

Fuchtel will meet local media during his visit to the Anre Maisen vocational school, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The German official is also scheduled to plant a tree at the school to mark his visit.

Anre Maisen is part of a Germany-funded development project to combat poverty in Vietnam through opening vocational schools for poor young people across the country.

The underprivileged youths are trained in hospitality so that they will have a job and be able to improve their living standards.

With equipment and facility support from the German side, the school was officially opened in September last year with the first 37 young students.

Two training programs will be in place in the next two years to send the number of students to 100.