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Vietnam

Cộng hoà Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt nam
(Sozialistische Republik Vietnam)

    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

    Hessen

    (Federal state of Hesse)

      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

       

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