Vietnam eyes to enhance cooperation with Italy’s Calabria region
Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung paid a working visit to the southern region of Calabria on June 20-21 to seek ways to enhance cooperation between localities of the region and Vietnam.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung speaking at Vietnam-Calabria Connection Forum in Cantazaro city (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung paid a working visit to the southern region of Calabria on June 20-21 to seek ways to enhance cooperation between localities of the region and Vietnam.
Hung had a working session with Vice President of the region Giuseppina Princi who expressed her hope that the visit will open up specific opportunities for cooperation with Vietnam.
She said that Calabria highly values Vietnam’s development and innovation models as well as socio-economic development achievements in recent years, especially digital transformation and innovation, which are also priority areas that the region wishes to increase the exchange of experience and promote cooperation, along with trade, investment, tourism, culture, and education.
The Vietnamese diplomat spoke highly of the strategic partnership and good traditional friendship between the two countries, with a plenty of positive results in politics, economics, trade, culture, and people-to-people exchanges. These advantages, along with similarities in development priorities and policies of the two sides, will be positive conditions to help them promote cooperation, in accordance with their potential.
On this occasion, Ambassador Hung met leaders of Cantazaro and Vibo Valentia cities, and attended economic connection activities such as the Vietnam-Calabria Connection Forum organised by the General Confederation of Italian Industry (Confindustria) of the Calabrian region in Cantazaro city, and a roundtable on economic cooperation with typical businesses in Vibo Valentia.
He welcomed Calabrian businesses’ plans to send working delegations to visit Vietnam in the coming time, pledging to always support them in the process of learning about and conducting cooperation activities in Viet🐓nam./.
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Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane affirmed that the presence of Vietnamese press offices in Laos vividly demonstrates the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations, as the press is not only a means of communication but also an important bridge for spreading consciousness about the history, values, and strategic depth of the Laos – Vietnam relationship to the people of both countries and the international community.
The country is willing to participate in collective efforts to promote cooperation and mobilise resources to advance the current priority issues of developing countries, such as trade, investment, infrastructure connectivity, making the most of scientific and technological advances for development, and people-to-people exchanges, Hang said.
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