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German Chancellor Calls for Deeper Trade Ties With Vietnam

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German Chancellor Calls for Deeper Trade Ties With Vietnam

Olaf Scholz flagged Vietnam as an important future partner in his government’s plan to reduce Germany’s economic reliance on China.

German Chancellor Calls for Deeper Trade Ties With Vietnam

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is greeted by Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, November 13, 2022.

Credit: Twitter/Olaf Scholz

Germany will seek to deepen its energy and trade ties with Vietnam, the country’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a visit to the country on Sunday, the first stop on his three-nation tour of Southeast Asia.

Scholz’s trip to Vietnam, which preceded a stop in Singapore and his attendance at this week’s G-20 leaders’ summit in Indonesia, saw him welcomed with military honors by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh before meeting Nguyen Phu Trong, the head of the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP).

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