Gottfried Mehnert started Bekum Maschinenfabriken GmbH in Berlin in 1959 and built a global group of companies that has delivered more than 18,000 machines to more than 100 countries in addition to innovations that resulted in more than 40 patents.
Rescue workers are battling to save a construction worker trapped for more than a day inside a water-logged hydropower tunnel in Nam Bo district, the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.
The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Wilthen - Bautzen and surrounding areas in Germany held a get-together on July 3 on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of Vietnam - Germany labour cooperation.
A range of cultural and art activities will be held to mark the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Cambodia and their friendship year in 2022.