Lexicon

Language

Vietnamese

Capital     

Hanoi

Government form

Socialist Republic

System of government   

Socialist one-party system

Surface 

331.690[1] km²

Population

95.415.000 (estimate 2017)[2]  

Population density           

282 inhabitants per km²

Population development

▲ 1,15 % pro Jahr

Gross Domestic Product 

• Total (nominal)
• Total (PPP)
• GDP/PC. (nom.)
• GDP/PC. (PPP)

2017

• $ 220,4 Milliarden (48.)
• $ 647,4 Milliarden (35.)
• $ 2.354 (136.)
• $ 6.913 (129.)

Index of human development I

▲ 0,683 (115.) (2016)

Currency

Đồng (VND)

Independence

Declared from France on  September 2nd 1945, recognized in 1954

Time Zone

UTC+7

License Plates

VN

ISO 3166

VN, VNM, 704

Internet-TLD

.vn

Telefphone area code

+84

Do´s in Vietnam:

– Plan a lot of time for the establishment of the business relationship.

– Correct business clothing in business life is important (seriousness and respect).

– Negotiating prices and conditions is a “national pastime”

– Very good intercultural mediators and specialist translators are indispensable.

– Choose English as the contract language.

Dont´s in Vietnam:

– Do not criticize “Uncle Ho”, the government or politics, or make jokes about them.

– Never use knives, scissors or glass as gifts, because they “end the relationship”.

– Do not lecture on human rights or environmental pollution.

– At official gala dinners, do not start eating before the highest ranking person and stop eating immediately when they stop (strict table order).

– Do not put chopsticks vertically into the rice bowl (offerings for the dead).

Contact: AHK Vietnam, Hanoi

Mail: walde.marko@vietnam.ahk.de

Language

German

Capital

Wiesbaden

System of government     

parlamentarische Republik, teilsouveräner Gliedstaat eines Bundesstaates

Area:

21.114,94 km²

Founded

19. September 1945

ISO 3166-2:

DE-HE

Website:

www.hessen.de

Population:

6.213.088 (31. Dezember 2016)

Population density             

294 Einwohner pro km²

Unemployment rate:

4,5 % (Mai 2018)

GDP (nominal):

269,390 Mrd. EUR (Jahr 2016)

Debt:

42,620 Mrd. EUR (31. Dezember 2015)

Rhine-Main region:   

Highlights:
> 350 Startups
13 Dax-, MDax- & Tecdax Company  
27% are Fintechs

“Headquarters” of globally operating companies:       

Of the 100 largest industrial companies in Germany, 20 have their headquarters in the greater Frankfurt area.

International marketplace Frankfurt am Main:

Population: approx. 700,000 (620,000 jobs)

Special feature: Multinationalities (177 nationalities) and multilingualism

City of the Euro: European Central Bank with > 3000 employees. Monetary policy decisions are made here for the euro zone countries (330 million people).

European continental financial center: The world’s fifth-largest stock exchange, 200 banks, including the Deutsche Bundesbank and around 100 foreign banks, are based in Frankfurt am Main.

Frankfurt Trade Fair: The oldest in the world. (Book Fair, Music Fair or Motor Show)

Trend: International center for, the communication and media industry, top advertising agencies, advertising photographers and fiction publishers. 

Do´s in Hesse:

– Make efficient travel preparations with Agenda

– Install a lot of buffer time for arrivals

– Punctuality at business appointments is a must

– Correct business clothing and comfortable shoes

– English is one of the advantages (internationality)

– Agility and speed???

Dont´s in Hessen:

– Do not drive in FfM and big cities (traffic jams and many construction sites)

– When taking a taxis, make sure that the speedometer is switched on.

– Do not travel without valid identity documents and tickets (passenger and ticket control)

– No serious criticism of Eintracht, Offenbach Kickers (Local Football clubs), Appel Wein & Green Sauce (Ebbelwoi and Grüne Sauße). (sacrilege)

– Late arrivals to meetings without prior telephone information