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2023 expected to give push to Vietnam-Italy strategic partnership

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy has hosted a press conference to announce the Vietnam-Italy Year 2023 and the celebration plan for the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties (March 23, 1973) and 10 years of the strategic partnership between the two countries (January 2013-2023).
2023 expected to give push to Vietnam-Italy strategic partnership ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung (L) and Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy inItaly has hosted a press conference to announce the Vietnam-Italy Year 2023 andthe celebration plan for the 50th anniversary of the bilateraldiplomatic ties (March 23, 1973) and 10 years of the strategic partnershipbetween the two countries (January 2013-2023).

The January 14 press conference saw the attendanceof Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and InternationalCooperation Maria Tripodi, President of the City Council of Rome SvetlanaCelli, among other Italian officials.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy DuongHai Hung stated that the embassy will coordinate with Italian agencies and localitiesto organise celebration activities in Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice,Napoli and other cities throughout 2023.

Such activities are expected to open up cooperationopportunities, deepen the strategic partnership and facilitate collaboration inpolitics, economy, investment, culture-education, science-technology, tourism, innovation,digital economy, green economy and renewable energy, as well aspeople-to-people exchange and cooperation between localities, focusing on theeconomic ties.

For her part, Tripodi affirmed that Italy considersVietnam an important dialogue side and a partner essential for stability andeconomic development in Asia-Pacific.

The bilateral relationship has been developingintensively and extensively, as reflected through the regular exchange ofdelegations at the highest level, with the latest meeting between PrimeMinister Giorgia Meloni and her Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh on thesidelines of the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit in Brussels in December 2022,she said.
2023 expected to give push to Vietnam-Italy strategic partnership ảnh 2At the press conference (Photo: VNA)
Regarding the establishment of the strategicpartnership a decade ago, the official said it has created a framework forbilateral relations, noting that action plans have helped to boost thebilateral cooperation in economy and other spheres like national defence,justice and environment.

According to Tripodi, the Italian Embassy in Hanoiand Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City will also organise multipleactivities this year to celebrate the relations, thus promoting the strategicpartnership.

The official said she will visit Vietnam soon tointroduce Italy's bid to host World Expo 2030, and called for the SoutheastAsian nation’s support to Italy in the effort.

Trade between Vietnam and Italy hit a record 6.2billion USD in 2022, up 11% from the previous year. Vietnam is Italy’s biggesttrade partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Italyis Vietnam’s fourth largest trade partner in the EU.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam presented morethan 300,000 masks to Italy, while Italy donated 2.8 million doses of vaccinesto Vietnam. /.

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