(VOVworld)- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with the Parliamentary Speaker Norbert Lammert in Berlin on Wednesday during his ongoing visit to Germany. The Speaker said he would visit Vietnam and attend the 132^nd IPU General Assembly to be held in Vietnam in March next year. Prime Minister Dung expressed his hope that the two legislative bodies would strengthen friendship and cooperation on the basis of the Strategic Partnership. The Vietnamese Prime Minister urged the German Parliament to support Vietnam in strengthening comprehensive cooperation with the EU.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung meets with the Parliamentary Speaker Norbert Lammert in Berlin

At a meeting with Vietnamese Embassy staff and the representatives of Vietnamese living in Germany, Prime Minister Dung asked the Embassy and representative Vietnamese agencies to promote unity and mutual assistance to fulfil assigned tasks and contribute to strengthening the Vietnamese-German strategic partnership, especially in economics, education, energy and environment. The Prime Minister requested the Embassy to protect and assist overseas Vietnamese.