Hanoi: President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse hosted a banquet in honour of German President Frank-Walter Steinmier and his spouse at the Hanoi Opera House on January 23 evening.
Speaking at the event, President Thuong said the visit to Vietnam by the German President in the first month of 2024 and ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration fosters a sense of warm friendship and positive expectations for the future of bilateral relations.
The bilateral friendly cooperation, which dated back to the 1950s, has been continuously strengthened, consolidated and developed by many generations of leaders and people from both countries, he said, adding that since the establishment of bilateral strategic partnership in 2011, the two countries have seen steady progress in bilateral ties with significant milestones in various areas.
The President expressed his delight at the presence of outstanding individuals from the Vietnamese community in Germany accompanying the President. He believed that the nearly 200,000-strong Vietnamese community living in Germany, along with tens of thousands who have studied and worked there, many of whom are proficient in the German language, constitute an essential force to further enhance people-to-people exchanges, friendship and mutual understanding between the two countries.
In the upcoming journey, Vietnam hopes to further strengthen effective cooperation with Germany in traditional areas and expand collaboration in potential sectors such as energy transition, green growth, circular economy, labour cooperation, among others. The goal is to collectively address common challenges in the region and the world, in alignment with the spirit of their strategic partnership, he said.
