Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Leipzig Bui Quang Huy said that the event was expected to help the second and third generations of overseas Vietnamese in Germany better understand their roots, and the Vietnamese community in Leipzig to strengthen solidarity.

A virtual conference on economic cooperation between Vietnam and Germany was held on March 15 under the sponsorship of Leipzig city, the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany, InvestRegion Leipzig and Deutsch-Vietnamesisches Haus e.V.

Vietnam has attended the 2019 Leipzig Trade Fair, which opened in Leipzig city of Germany’s Sachsen-Anhalt state on February 23, as the event’s main partner country for the first time.

Vietnam’s products will be showcased at an exhibition in Leipzig city of Germany’s Saxony state from February 23 to March 3.

Leipzig city has become the first German locality to open a representative office in Vietnam, contributing to strengthening trade and investment partnership between the city and Vietnam and connecting businesses of the two nations, according to the German Business Association in Vietnam.

Hanoi will create all possible conditions to help the German Embassy successfully organise a cultural festival in the pedestrian zone around Hoan Kiem Lake in early November, said a municipal official.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang met and discussed cooperation with visiting Mayor Burkhard Jung of Germany’s Leipzig city on November 29.