Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and Vice Chancellor and
Federal Minister of Economics of Germany Philipp Roesler have pledged to
work together to remove obstacles and create conditions to foster trade
ties between the two countries.
They made the pledge at their
meeting in Berlin on March 13. The meeting formed part of
Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung’s official visit
to Germany.
Both sides voiced their pleasure at the signing
of government-level agreements on design, construction and operation
of the “German house” in Ho Chi Minh City, and visa exemption for
diplomatic passport holders.
Roesler informed his
guest that a delegation of German economists will visit Vietnam and
attend the ground-breaking ceremony of the “German house”.
For his part, Hoang asked Germany to further support the
Vietnam–European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, and
the building of a “Vietnamese house” in Berlin.
Both sides agreed to actively prepare for the German–Asia Pacific meeting that will be held in Hanoi in 2014.-VNA