Deputy PM pledges support for German group's vocational projects
Deputy PM Nguyen Chi Dung praised German-based Avestos Group’s contributions to vocational training in Vietnam, saying they have gradually brought the country’s vocational education activities closer to international standards and practices.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung (centre) at a meeting with German-based Avestos Group on July 23, 2025. (VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)✤ - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung welcomed German-based Avestos Group's interest in promoting investment and business cooperation in Vietnam, emphasising the continued positive development of the Vietnam–Germany Strategic Partnership across all sectors.
At a meeting with Klaus Michael, CEO of Avestos Group, on July 23, Deputy PM Dung praised the company’s contributions to vocational training in Vietnam, which have gradually brought the country’s vocational education activities closer to international standards and practices.
Michael briefed the Deputy PM on Avestos’s cooperation with Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training in vocational training based on German standards. He also raised several challenges currently facing the group and expressed a wish for support from the Vietnamese Government to resolve them.
Dung, who is also President of the Vietnam–Germany Friendship Association, requested that the Ministry of Education and Training closely coordinate with Avestos to comprehensively review the existing issues, and propose effective solutions in line with Vietnamese law to support the investor./.
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