Germany Trade & Invest and the German Industry and Commerce Vietnam organized an evening reception at the Sofitel Plaza Hotel in Hanoi on the 25^th of October 2011.

At the evening reception Marko Walde, Chief Representative of German Industry and Commerce in Vietnam and Carsten Mayer-Wiefhausen, Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hanoi welcomed the guests. Michael Pfeiffer, Chief Executive of Germany Trade & Invest, gave a brief overview of the activities of the agency and summarized the various advantages of the business location Germany and Eastern Germany respectively.

In his keynote speech Andreas Campioni,  Director of Duc Viet Food Joint Stock Company, illustrated the longstanding German-Vietnamese business cooperation in his meat processing company.

Participants had the chance to get to know successful businesses from Eastern Germany and Vietnam, and to learn how their own company can profit from doing business in Europe’s largest marketplace. Representatives of selected German and Vietnamese enterprises - as well as experts - were available for face-to-face discussions.