VIET NAM – GERMANY FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

 

Date of establishment: May 23, 1985

President: Mr. Nguyen Chi Dung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister

Vice Presidents:

1. Permanent Vice President: Mr. Nguyen Toan Thang, former Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam
2. Ms. Nguyen Thuy Hien, former Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court
3. Mr. Nguyen Duc Kien, former Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Economic Affairs
4. Mr. Hoang Van Huay, former Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
5. Mr. Le Viet Thai, former Head of Economic Institutions Department, Central Institute for Economic Management
6. Mr. Nguyen Huu Trang, former Minister Counselor of the Embassy of Viet Nam in Germany

Secretary General: Mr. Tran Ngoc Hung, Deputy General Director of Industrial Machinery and Instruments Holding Joint Stock Company, Ministry of Industry and Trade

Address: 105A Quan Thanh Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Ha Noi
Phone: +84.24. 3845 4547
Email: chauau.vufo@gmail.com

Other information:

Principles and objectives:

- The Viet Nam – Germany Friendship Association (VGFA) is a voluntarily-established social organization, aiming at gathering and uniting Vietnamese citizens and organizations interested in or related to activities on people-to-people relations with Germany, protecting the rights and legitimate interests of its members and organizing effective Viet Nam – Germany people-to-people exchange activities.

- The Association endeavors to enhance and expand traditional solidarity, friendly cooperative relations and mutual understanding between the peoples of Viet Nam and Germany; to leverage the sympathy and support of the German people for the cause of national construction and defense of the Vietnamese people; to consolidate and develop the cooperation on economics - trade, science - technology, education - training, culture, sports, tourism, healthcare, etc. between Viet Nam and Germany for the benefit of the people of both countries, for peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world, contributing to the socio-economic development of the country.

Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Associations in provinces:

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Ha Noi City

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Ho Chi Minh City

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Hai Phong City

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Da Nang City

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Can Tho City

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Vinh Phuc province

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Nghe An province

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Hue City

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Bac Giang province

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Hai Duong province

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Thai Binh province

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Thai Nguyen province

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Thanh Hoa province

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Quang Binh province

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Khanh Hoa province

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Association of Binh Duong province

Sub-Associations/Affiliates:

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Sub-Association of Berlin

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Sub-Association of Jena

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Sub-Association of TU. Dresden

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Sub-Association of Freiberg Mining

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Sub-Association of Humbolt

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Sub-Association of Leipzig

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Sub-Association of Chemnitz

- Viet Nam - Germany Friendship Sub-Association of German Teachers

- Friends of Germany Club of Ha Noi Medical University

- Vietnamese - German businessman club

- Vietnamese - German Lawyers Center

- Viet Nam - Germany Center for Science and Technology Cooperation

- Viet Nam - Germany Development Consulting Center

- Vietnamese - German translation support center

Partners:

- Viet Nam Friendship Association of the Federal Republic of Germany (FG)

- Germany-Viet Nam Association (DVG)

- Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Institute (FES)

- Hanns Seidel Institute (HSS)

- Friedrich Naumann Institute (FNS)

- Schmitz Stiftung Institute in Dueseldorf

- World University Service Germany (WUS)

- Help Action Viet Nam Organization (HAV)           

- Solidarity Service International Germany (SODI)

- German-Vietnamese Community Development Organization in Dresden

- Marie Schlei Association (MSA)

- KINDERHILFE Association (Children of Hope)

- Vietnamese Association in Berlin-Brandenburg

- Vietnamese Intercultural Women's Initiative Germany (ViFi)

- Vietnamese Business Association in Germany

- Compassionate Charity Association in Berlin

- Vietnamese Women's Association of Berlin

- Rostock Dien Hong Association

- Viet Nam - Germany Bridge Association (VDB)

- Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation (RLS)

- Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS)

- Vietnamese Associations in Berlin, Dresden, Magdeburg, Chemnitz, Leipzig...

- Viet Nam House in Germany

- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

- Universities of Humbold Berlin, Mannheim, Bremen, Marburg, TU. Dresden, Berg Akademie Freiberg…

Main activities:

- Organizing annual activities to commemorate major holidays and important events of Viet Nam - Germany relations

- Coordinating exchanged delegations between Viet Nam and Germany.

- Supporting Party’s foreign affairs and State’s diplomacy to bolster the friendship, solidarity and collaboration between Viet Nam and Germany.

- Organizing external communication activities to introduce Viet Nam to friends, partners, and the young generation of Germany with a view to enhance mutual understanding between the two nations and the peoples of Viet Nam and Germany.

- Promoting cooperation in economics, trade, investment, culture, education, and tourism between German organizations, businesses, and universities of Germany and Vietnamese counterparts.