Hanoi, Dec. 26 -- A commemorative publication titled "50 Years of Germany - Vietnam Relations: Partners in the Past, Present and Future" offers a timely and comprehensive reflection not only on the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations, but also on the strategic path ahead. The book is co-edited by Professor Dr Rene Thiele, President of the Vietnamese - German University (VGU), and Professor Dr Andreas Stoffers, an expert on Southeast Asia and the Vietnamese economy at the FOM University of Applied Sciences in Essen. The authors point out that the relationship between the two nations has been shaped by their shared experiences of division and reunification. As German Ambassador to Vietnam Helga Margarete Barth writes in the b...