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Vietnamese products and food are being promoted at a cultural exchange week held in Germany’s Leipzig city from August 24-30.

Việt Nam pavilion at the Germany’s Leipzig cultural exchange week. VNA Photo

BERLIN — Vietnamese products and food are being promoted at a cultural exchange week held in Germany’s Leipzig city from August 24-30.

Theanh la vo dich week-long cultural festival is held yearly in Leipzig but this year is the first time the festival organisers have invited its twin cities and some international organisations based in the city to join.

The Việt Nam Trade Office, in cooperation with Leipzig authority and the association of Vietnamese in Leipzig, opened the Việt Nam pavilion at the event to showcase Việt Nam’s key export products such as coffee, dried fruits, rice and rice products, and environmentally friendly products.

Speaking at the event, Lord Mayor of Leipzig Burkhard Jung said that Leipzig is a multicultural and multi-ethnic city. The festival is an opportunity to for countries to promote cultural and trade exchanges to friends around the world, not only in Germany.

He thanked representatives of countries and cities for attending the event, hoping that the countries will continue to promote cooperation, their culture values and typical products in the coming time.

He said the Vietnamese community in Leipzig and the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany are important bridges to connect Vietnam and Germany as well as between Leipzig and HCM City – one of its sister cities.

Leipzig and HCM City officially established a partnership on July 21, 2021. Previously, at the end of 2018, Leipzig opened a representative office in Việt Nam and so far, Leipzig is the only German city with a representative office in Việt Nam.

Over the years, Leipzig and Việt Nam in general, as well as HCM City in particular, have closely coordinated and effectively implemented many cooperation projects in many diverse fields from economics, culture, health, education and training, to energy, environment, and conservation of rare animals. — VNA/VNS