The frigate docked at Nha Rong Port at 10 am on January 6.
The Vietnam visit is another stop on the frigate's seven-month training and presence cruise in the Indo-Pacific.
The frigate, which carries 232 servicemen and women, had departed for the Indo-Pacific from its homeport of Wilhelmshaven on August 2, 2021.
The voyage has so far taken the frigate via the Horn of Africa, Pakistan, Australia, Guam, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City where it will stay until January 9. Further port visits on the return to Germany are planned in Sri Lanka and India.
"The visit of the frigate Bayern is an expression of the friendship between Vietnam and Germany. It recognises the growing importance of the Indo-Pacific for international relations,” said German Ambassador Dr Guido Hildner.
“With the frigate's voyage, Germany strengthens co-operation with key partners and reaffirms the international rule-based order, especially the validity of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as the authoritative set of rules for the seas," the German diplomat noted.