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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc
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The delegation includes Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha and other leaders of some ministries and localities.
The visit is made in the context that the Viet Nam-Germany Strategic Partnership has been promoted in all fields and the relationship between Viet Nam and other nations in the G20 have been strengthened.
During Chancellor Angela Merkel’s official visit to Viet Nam in 2011, the two sides inked the Ha Noi Joint Statement on the establishment of strategic partnership.
Germany is the largest trade partner of Viet Nam in Europe, accounting for 20% of Viet Nam’s exports to the EU.
As of April 2017, Germany poured US$1.4 billion in 285 projects in Viet Nam, ranking 20th among 116 nations and territories investing in Viet Nam.
Since 1990, Germany has been also a large Official Development Assistance provider for Viet Nam with US$2 billion.
Germany is a crucial partner of Viet Nam in such areas as vocational training, education, culture, tourism, justice, science and technology.
From July 7-8, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit themed "Shaping an Interconnected World", which focuses on building self-reliance, improving sustainability and assuming responsibility.
Accordingly, G20 nations will discuss measures to enhance and maintain the world’s economic growth, heading to establish a self-reliant, sustainable and overall global economy, climate change and energy issues, enhancement of priority on effective energy use, renewable energy and non-carbon economy.
As the host of the APEC 2017, Viet Nam is invited to attend related meetings of the G20 summit, join discussions at meetings of the summit and give comments on the summit’s draft Declaration.
The PM’s visit to Germany and joining the G20 summit aims to actualize the foreign policy of openness, diversification, multilateralisation of international relations, active international integration and raising the prestige and status of Viet Nam.
By Thuy Dung
