Hanoi, Oct. 19 -- Vietnam and Germany are marking 15 years of their Strategic Partnership, established on October 11, 2011, with cooperation expanding across politics, trade, defence, education, science and technology, and people-to-people exchanges. The partnership was formalised through the "Hanoi Joint Declaration :Vietnam and Germany - Strategic Partnership for the Future", signed by then Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It provided a framework for developing bilateral relations with a long-term vision. In an interview with Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Germany, German Bundestag Vice President Bodo Ramelow described the progress achieved by the two countries as a "miracle", saying ...