Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and German Angela Merkel

Vietnam’s participation in the G20 Summit in Germany on July 7-8 at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Markel demonstrates the international recognition of the country’s role and contributions to the global development. Hosting the APEC Summit 2017, Vietnam shares with host country, Germany, the responsibility for promoting Asia-Europe economic connectivity. The Neues Deutschland newspaper ran an article of Doctor Detlef Pries about Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s participation in the G20 summit. Doctor Detlef praised Vietnam’s achievements in socio-economic development and the target growth of 6/7% in 2017.

Germany's news agency DPA cited the importance of Vietnam-Germany cooperation. The article praised Vietnam’s achievements in building a law-governed state and bilateral ties between Vietnam and Germany.