President Vo Van Thuong meets Vietnamese community, foreign friends in Italy
WVR/VNA - On July 25 (local time), President Vo Van Thuong met in Rome with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and representatives of the Vietnamese businesses and community there, as part of the State visit to Italy.
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| On July 25 (local time), President Vo Van Thuong met in Rome with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and representatives of the Vietnamese businesses and community. (Photo: WVR/Nguyen Hong) |
Foreign experts, researchers, members of friendship associations, and Italian friends also joined the meeting.
Ambassador Duong Hai Hung said that the 5,000-strong Vietnamese community in Italy keeps close connections in life, has stable legal status, and is highly valued by the host country. Recently, a union of presidents of Vietnamese people's associations in Italy has been established to promote linkage among the Vietnamese associations.
President Thuong emphasised that over the past half a century, the Vietnam-Italy relationship has continuously developed in all aspects.
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| President Vo Van Thuong met in Rome with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and representatives of the Vietnamese businesses and community. (Photo: WVR/Nguyen Hong) |
He said he believes that this visit will create a new impetus, intensify political trust, and bring the two countries' relations to a new and more effective level for the development of each country.
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| President Vo Van Thuong met in Rome with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and representatives of the Vietnamese businesses and community. (Photo: WVR/Nguyen Hong) |
Briefing the overseas Vietnamese on Vietnam’s current situation and its achievements over the past time, the President noted the important contributions by the overseas Vietnamese community, including those in Italy.
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| Ambassador Duong Hai Hung said that the 5,000-strong Vietnamese community in Italy keeps close connections in life, has stable legal status, and is highly valued by the host country. (Photo: WVR/Nguyen Hong) |
On behalf of the Party and the State, President Thuong thanked Italian friends for their enthusiastic support for Vietnam over the past years.
The President emphasised that the Party and State always consider overseas Vietnamese as an inseparable part of the country.
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| On behalf of the Party and the State, President Thuong thanked Italian friends for their enthusiastic support for Vietnam over the past years. (Photo: WVR/Nguyen Hong) |
He expressed his hope that overseas Vietnamese in Italy will maintain the traditional cultural identity of the Vietnamese people, pass the Vietnamese language to the next generations, and always turn their hearts and minds to the homeland.
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| President Vo Van Thuong and representatives of Vietnamese community, Italian friends take a group photo. (Photo: WVR/Nguyen Hong) |
(Source: WV/VNA)
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