Social Affairs
Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association honoured Labour Order
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association held a ceremony to receive the Labour Order (first class) and mark the 40th founding anniversary of the Vietnam - Germany diplomatic ties in Hanoi on September 21.
The Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association was presented the Labour Order for its effective contributions to bilateral ties during the past 30 years.
Addressing the ceremony, Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan noted the association’s efforts immediately after its foundation in 1985 to call for German support to post-war rebuilding in Vietnam, including the fight for justice for local Agent Orange/Dioxin victims, poverty eradication and socio-economic development.
The association has played a continually important role in boosting mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries’ peoples as well as overarching bilateral relations, President Nhan added.
At the event, Vice Standing Chairman of the association Hoang Van Huay highlighted the significance of 2015 as marking the 40th founding anniversary of the Vietnam – Germany diplomatic ties.
In 2014, the European nation has become Vietnam’s most important EU economic and trading partner with an annual combined trade of 7.8 billion USD.
Vietnam has been a crucial partner and attractive investment destination of Germany in Southeast Asia with a young and abundant workforce and large consumption market.
Germany has also assisted Vietnam with a number of development projects worth over 1.8 billion EUR combined since 1990.
In addition, the countries’ bonds have been demonstrated through the roughly 130,000-strong Vietnamese community in Germany and the 100,000 German-speaking Vietnamese people in the Southeast Asian nation, Huay said.
Speaking at the event, German Chargé d’Affaires Hanns-Joerg Brunner congratulated the association and appreciated its active endeavours to consolidate amity and cooperation between the two countries, and helping elevate their ties to a strategic partnership in 2011.
Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan makes a speech at the event
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The association has played a continually important role in boosting mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries’ peoples as well as overarching bilateral relations, President Nhan added.
At the event, Vice Standing Chairman of the association Hoang Van Huay highlighted the significance of 2015 as marking the 40th founding anniversary of the Vietnam – Germany diplomatic ties.
In 2014, the European nation has become Vietnam’s most important EU economic and trading partner with an annual combined trade of 7.8 billion USD.
Vietnam has been a crucial partner and attractive investment destination of Germany in Southeast Asia with a young and abundant workforce and large consumption market.
Germany has also assisted Vietnam with a number of development projects worth over 1.8 billion EUR combined since 1990.
At the ceremony
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Speaking at the event, German Chargé d’Affaires Hanns-Joerg Brunner congratulated the association and appreciated its active endeavours to consolidate amity and cooperation between the two countries, and helping elevate their ties to a strategic partnership in 2011.
