A forum to promote economic cooperation between Vietnam and Italy was held in Milan, Italy on September 30.
The event was organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)
and the Vietnamese Embassy to Italy in conjunction with the Italian
Institute of Foreign Trade, the association of industrial employers
in Lombardy region ( Assolombarda), and the Milan Investment
and Trade Promotion Organisation.
Participants
reviewed the development of bilateral cooperation in recent years,
especially after the two countries established their strategic
partnership. They discussed the acceleration of setting up a joint
commission on economic cooperation coordinated by Vietnam’s MoIT and
Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development.
Speaking at the
event, MoIT Deputy Minister Ho Thi Kim Thoa said a number of Italian
giants, such as the Italian national oil and gas group (ENI), Piaggio,
Ariston, Bonfiglioli and Perfetti, consider Vietnam as a key destination
for their plans for expanding market in the Asia-Pacific region.
She expressed her belief that the joint commission will create
favourable conditions for the two sides to consult, exchange and
complete the legal framework and investment and cooperation incentives.
During
the forum, Italian businesses were provided with updated information on
investment environment in Vietnam, and prospects for long-term economic
cooperation between the two countries’ enterprises.
After the
forum, the participants had a round-table discussion on topics related
to the cooperation potential in the fields of energy and retail,
distribution, development and investment promotion plans in the
industrial sector and experience of Italian investors operating in
Vietnam.
The forum is an activity to launch “Vietnam Days in
Milan”, which takes place in October in order to celebrate the 40 th
anniversary of Vietnam-Italy bilateral relations-VNA