Vietnam seeks further cooperation with Germany’s Cottbus city
Berlin (VNA)
– A delegation from Vietnam Embassy in Germany led by Ambassador Vu Quang Minh
and Vietnamese Association in Cottbus city, Brandenburg state on June 1 met with Mayor
Tobias Schick, discussing cooperation between Vietnam and the city.
Speaking at the meeting,
the Ambassador said that the relationship between Vietnam and Germany is
growing in all fields, especially after the visit to Vietnam last November by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. That is a good premise for the
two countries, as well as between Cottbus and Vietnamese localities, to
continue promoting relations.
Minh said that he expects
Cottbus will consider twinning with a Vietnamese city, thereby enhancing cooperation
and people-to-people exchanges. In addition, the two sides can also promote
cooperation in the field of higher education and vocational training, including
nursing.
For his part, Mayor
Schick highly appreciated the integration and contribution of the
Vietnamese community in Cottbus city, which joins creating the city's diversity
and prosperity. The mayor expressed his respect for the hard-working Vietnamese community.
Mayor Schick expressed
his desire to promote cooperation between Cottbus and Vietnam, especially in
vocational training. He informed the guest that over 80 nurses are being
trained and working in Cottbus. He also highly valued the idea of
establishing a twinning relationship between Cottbus and a city in Vietnam.
The same day, Ambassador
Minh and his wife Nguyen Minh Hanh attended a ceremony to welcome an elephant
named "Don Chung" to the city’s zoo. The elephant is a gift of
Vietnam for Germany. It has been moved from Leipzig Zoo to Cottbus city./.