Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thien Nhan and the delegation of the Hessen State Parliament. (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi MinhCity Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted Presidentof the Hessen State Parliament Boris Rhein in the southern city on November 14.
Nhan expressed his pleasure at the growing relations between the two countriesin general and between HCM City and Hessen state in particular.
The German government inaugurated the German House in HCM City, he said, addingthe house, an outstanding project for cooperation between the two countries, servesas a venue for German businesses in Vietnam and the region.
HCM City highly valued outcomes of its cooperation with Hessen state, he said,expressing his wish to continue strengthening and increasing the relations betweenthe two localities, especially in education and vocational training in robotmanufacturing, automation, human resources in the healthcare sector, tourism,trade, and investment.
Rhein, for his part, affirmed Hessen state always considers HCM City one of itsclose friends in Vietnam and wishes to continue stepping up the ties betweenthe two localities, particularly in the fields of Hessen’s strength and HCMCity’s demand like high technology, infrastructure development,education-training, thus contributing to developing the Germany-VietnamStrategic Partnership.
He thanked the city authorities for facilitating the construction anddevelopment of the Vietnam-Germany University in Vietnam.
Hessen state highly values and stands ready to discuss with HCM City theinitiative to establish the strategic relations in vocational training betweenthe two localities as a symbol of cooperation in education-training between thetwo countries, Rhein said.
Germany is running 150 investment projects in HCM City, ranking 13th among 106countries and territories investing in the southern hub.
In 2018, trade turnover between Hessen and Vietnam reached about 1 billionUSD./.
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