31-10-2017 10:03
BERLIN: Seven people have died as heavy storms lashed central Europe, leaving authorities in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic scrambling to restore rail and road links.
28-10-2017 09:19
A man named Nam from northern Hà Nam Province called a taxi to take his father from Việt Nam-Germany Hospital in Hà Nội to the nearby Heart Hospital for medical tests. However, taxi drivers in front of the building refused the fare because of the short distance between the two hospitals.
26-10-2017 15:34
BERLIN: Around 30,000 bottles of beer scattered across a German highway after a truck accident on Wednesday (Oct 25), snarling traffic and sparking a sudsy clean-up operation.
25-10-2017 09:52
KIEV: A cyber attack hit a Ukrainian international airport and three Russian media outlets on Tuesday (Oct 24) before also being detected by IT experts in Germany and at least two other European states.
21-10-2017 09:36
The German newcomer band DER RINGER is packing up to tour across Asia this autumn. They will kick off in Vietnam in October and then continue to the Philippines, China, South Korea, Japan and Mongolia.
17-10-2017 12:32
BASF will spend close to $7 billion acquiring significant parts of Bayer’s seed and non-selective herbicide businesses. This major deal is expected to strengthen the German chemical firm’s agricultural offers.
14-10-2017 13:00
The Goethe Institut Hanoi will premier two sound installations by the German artist and composer Tim Otto Roth at the exhibition “Circulating Sounds – Deep Doppler Meets Mathematical Socialism” on October 12 – November 3, at Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi.
14-10-2017 11:00
LONDON: The leaders of Britain, France and Germany on Friday (Oct 13) said they remain committed to the international nuclear deal with Iran after US President Donald Trump refused to certify the agreement.
13-10-2017 14:51
BERLIN: Germany will extend border controls introduced amid the 2015 mass refugee and migrant influx by another six months until May 2018, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Thursday (Oct 12).
10-10-2017 10:33
Audiences in Hanoi will have a chance to enjoy well-known movies from France, Hong Kong, and Germany this week.
10-10-2017 09:08
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Bankrupt German airline Air Berlin must ground all flights by the end of October, the firm said Monday (Oct 9), as talks continue with prospective buyers Lufthansa and Easyjet.
09-10-2017 20:24
In the first eight months of 2017, Germany was the EU’s largest foreign investor in Vietnam. VIR’s Thanh Tung talks with Wolfgang Manig, Deputy Head of Mission and Economic Counsellor at the German Embassy in Vietnam, about German firms’ views on Vietnam as an attractive investment destination.
09-10-2017 20:14
Cities have played an important role in human society for centuries. But it is only recently that the majority of the world’s population has begun to live in such close proximity. The following question, therefore, comes to mind: are cities capable of coping in the 21st century?
09-10-2017 08:46
BERLIN: Two weeks after winning elections with a reduced majority, Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Sunday (Oct 8) to limit Germany's refugee intake in a bid to unite her conservative camp ahead of tough coalition talks to form a new government.
09-10-2017 06:00
Vietnam has extensive resources to develop renewable energy. It is estimated that the technical potential of wind power in the country is 27 gigawatts (GW). The technical potential for solar and biomass energy production is 300 GW and 10.3 GW, respectively. The Vietnamese government has also set ambitious targets to increase the share of these renewables in the national power generation mix from approximately 1.5 per cent at present to 7.5 per cent by 2030.