Addressing the function, the President of the Viet Nam-Germany Friendship Association Hoang Van Huay stressed on the affinity of the Vietnamese people who used to live in Germany, have towards the German people and land.

He expressed his belief that the meeting would contribute to furthering the friendship and cooperation between the friendship associations of the two countries as well as the two peoples.

German Ambassador to Viet Nam Christian Ludwig Weber Lortch highly valued the role of former Vietnamese students to Germany in developing relations between the two countries over the past decades.

He expressed his hope that cooperation between the two countries, especially in education and training, would be boosted in the future.(VNA)