NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, PM Pham Minh Chinh (left from right) (Photo: VNA) Rome (VNA) - Vietnam’s Honorary Consul in Torino, Italy SandraScagliotti has said Vietnam’s new leadership will build on achievements in the pasttenure, continue with reform and affirm Vietnam’s role and stature oninternational arena.
Italy’s Scenari internazionali newswire onApril 9 quoted her as saying that Vietnam’s new leaders are experienced andcapable who will surely overcome new challenges and continue with reform in aneffective and sound manner.
She said Vietnam – a middle-incomecountry with a goal of basically becoming a modern-oriented industrialisednation by 2030 – is one of the most promising economies in ASEAN. Amid theCOVID-19 pandemic, the Vietnamese economy still grew strongly last year on theback of economic stability, upgraded infrastructure and successful negotiationswith major trade partners. Its growth is estimated at 6.8 percent this year.
Another important factor to Vietnam’ssuccess in pandemic response was the involvement of the entire political systemand high public consensus. Learning from experience in coping with SARS in2002-2003, the Government’s every action programme was accelerated via a widespreadand effective awareness campaign and active public involvement. Therefore,Vietnam became one of the nations worldwide that rode through the pandemic themost effectively.
As ASEAN Chair last year, Vietnameffectively carried out the bloc’s activities to cope with global challenges,contributing to turnining ASEAN into a hub not only on geographical terms.
In recent years, Vietnam hassuccessfully signed 11 trade deals, including the European Union – Vietnam FreeTrade Agreement.
Scagliotti affirmed that Vietnam –Italy ties will keep growing in the future./.
