The Vietnam-Italy Friendship Association organised a meeting in
Hanoi on May 30 in celebration of Italy’s National Day (June 2,
1946).
Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the friendship
association Nguyen Van Nam highlighted the development process of
Italy over the past 69 years as well as the Italian people’s creativity,
passion and dedication to the development of their country.
He
also recalled the warm feelings and valuable supports of generations of
Italian leaders and people for Vietnam in the past struggle for
national independence and the nation-building process today.
For her part, Italian Vice Ambassador to Vietnam Natalia Sangitini
affirmed that the Italian Embassy in collaboration with the
Vietnam-Italy Friendship Association will implement a series of
activities to nourish the friendly and cooperative relationship between
the two countries and peoples.
Vietnam and Italy established
diplomatic ties in 1973. Italy was the first Western European country to
encourage cooperation between Vietnam and Europe; today, the country is
one of Vietnam’s leading EU trade partners.
Two-way trade
between Vietnam and Italy posted at 2.98 billion EUR (3.3 billion USD)
in 2014, the highest value among the southeast Asian nations.-VNA