Berlin (VNA), Sept. 24 -- The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany on September 23 held a webinar on the two countries' relations, on the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (September 23).

Speaking at the event, Ambassador Nguyen Minh Vu said that in 2020 when the COVID-19 breaks out across the world, many celebration programmes and activities cannot be organised, but the bilateral partnership has been bolstered as the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement takes effect.

The two countries have also coordinated closely at regional and multilateral forums when Vietnam assumes the Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2020 and Germany is the Chair of the European Union in the second half of the year, he added.

Dinh Toan Thang, Director General of the Eur...