Posts Tagged ‘ Germany ’

EU warning after Italy borrowing rates hit record 

November 26, 2011
EU warning after Italy borrowing rates hit record 

Picture shows Milan’s stock exchange with a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan in front. The European Commission warned Italy’s high borrowing costs could hit growth after bond yields surged to new records and France and Germany warned a blow-out on Italian debt could kill the euro. “If the bond yields continue to be this [...]

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Germany under pressure after bond sale failure 

November 24, 2011
Germany under pressure after bond sale failure 

    File picture shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy prior to a joint press conference on the eve of the G20 Summit November 2. The leaders of France, Germany and Italy were to hold emergency talks on Thursday in the shadow of a failed German bond auction which took [...]

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Vietnam a promising market for Germany: Merkel 

October 15, 2011
Vietnam a promising market for Germany: Merkel 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the Vietnam-Germany Economic Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12 German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Vietnam’s growing economy offers many opportunities for German investors, especially in infrastructure, hi-tech and education sectors. She made the statement at the Vietnam-Germany Economic Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on October [...]

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Vietnam, Germany sign pact on strengthening EU ties 

September 17, 2011

  Vietnam and Germany have signed a cooperation and partnership agreement that will tighten ties between the Europe Union and Vietnam, the German Embassy said in a statement. The agreement was signed under the auspices of the EU’s General Affairs Council’s meeting on Monday in Brussels. Werner Hoyer, the Minister of State at the German Foreign [...]

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Germany provides $9.88 mln to fight deforesetation in Vietnam-Laos border areas 

September 9, 2011
Germany provides $9.88 mln to fight deforesetation in Vietnam-Laos border areas 

  Germany has provided €7 million (US$9.88 million) for a project aiming to prevent deforestation and forest degradation in the border areas of central Vietnam and southern Laos.     The four-year Annamites Carbon Sinks and Biodiversity (CarBi) project will target an area of 200,000 hectares of transboundary forests. The area comprises of two sao la (one of [...]

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Found in translation 

August 27, 2011
Found in translation 

  Guenter Giesenfeld and Marianne Ngo, who won a notable award in Germany this year for their translation of a short story collection by Vietnamese author Le Minh Khue I first met Professor Guenter Giesenfeld at an international conference on promoting Vietnamese literature more than a year ago. Our paths crossed again after Le Minh [...]

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Vietnamese-Hungarian woman wins Miss Vietnam Europe 

August 9, 2011
Vietnamese-Hungarian woman wins Miss Vietnam Europe 

Vietnamese-Hungarian Nguyen Phuong Anh becomes Miss Vietnam in Europe 2011. Photo by L.C. Eighteen-year-old Vietnamese-Hungarian student Nguyen Phuong Anh was crowned Miss Vietnam in Europe after defeating 21 contestants in the finale held in Berlin on August 6.   The third annual contest also found its first and second runners-up, who are Le Hoang Thao [...]

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Vietnam to destroy vegetables from Europe over E. coli threat 

June 26, 2011
Vietnam to destroy vegetables from Europe over E. coli threat 

Cucumbers in Germany have been found to contain the lethal train of E. coli bacterium. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Thursday asked concerned agencies to destroy fresh fruit and vegetables brought by tourists from Europe over concerns about the deadly E.coli outbreak. Food safety experts said that the Escherichia coli (E. coli) outbreak [...]

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Australia, Germany fund local climate change program 

June 10, 2011
Australia, Germany fund local climate change program 

  Australia and Germany provided US$63.7 million to the extended Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems Program (CCCEP) in Vietnam. The funds will be used to restore mangrove forests, build advanced sea dikes and educate coastal residents about sustainable cultivation techniques. Under an agreement signed Friday, the program will be implemented in the Mekong Delta provinces [...]

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Germany’s Goetz to coach Vietnamese national football team 

May 24, 2011
Germany’s Goetz to coach Vietnamese national football team 

Germany’s Falko Goetz . German coach Falko Goetz will sign a contract to coach Vietnam’s national men’s football team later this month, Vietnam Football Federation chairman Nguyen Trong Hy said last Tuesday. Hy said VFF has sent a letter to Germany asking Goetz to come to Vietnam and sign the contract by the May 30. [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...