Vietnam seeks stronger cooperation with Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region: Ambassador
WVR/VNA - From November 27-28, Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung had working sessions with leaders of Emilia-Romagna within the framework of the Vietnam-Italy Year in the northern region of Italy.
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| Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung had working sessions with leaders of Emilia-Romagna within the framework of the Vietnam-Italy Year in the northern region of Italy from November 27-28. |
The Ambassador worked with the Vice President of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Council Zamboni Silva, a member of the Bologna City Council Anna Lisa Boni, Mayor of Reggio Emilia city Luca Vecchi, and attended many activities to promote economic and cultural cooperation between Vietnam and the region.
At the working sessions with the Italian officials, Hung thanked the people of the Emilia-Romagna region and Reggio Emilia city for their solidarity with and support to Vietnam during the past struggle for national independence, freedom, and reunification, as well as national reconstruction.
He showed his delight at the development of ties between Vietnam and the Emilia-Romagna region not only in politics but also in economy, with two-way trade accounting for 40 per cent of the total trade turnover between Vietnam and Italy.
Hung expressed his hope that the administration and businesses of the two sides will strengthen cooperation through promotion activities of Vietnam in Emilia-Romagna while organizing visits by officials and businesses of the Italian region to Vietnam and beefing up the locality-to-locality partnership.
Leaders of Emilia-Romagna underlined that the solidarity that the administration and people of the region and Vietnam set up in the past is a firm foundation for the two sides to promote specific and practical collaboration in the future, especially amid the dynamic economic development of both sides and the implementation of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the mutual supplementation in the fields of sustainable agriculture, green energy, and innovation.
Emilia-Romagna is an important economic locomotive of Italy with strengths in agriculture, automobile manufacturing, education, banking, insurance, and food production.
In order to bolster cooperation with the region in economy, especially new energy, the Vietnamese Embassy the Italy-Vietnam Foundation, and the Asia Institute under the University of Bologna jointly held a roundtable on the sustainable development of Vietnam and opportunities for Emilia-Romagna in the field of renewable energy and hydrogen.
Addressing the event, Ambassador Hung highlighted Vietnam’s energy transition policy towards a green and sustainable economy and climate change adaptation, especially the commitment that Vietnam made at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).
He stressed the country’s demand for cooperation with international partners in the work, including Italy in general and Emilia-Romagna in particular.
Representatives from leading energy firms of the region introduced models and solutions in renewable energy, including hydrogen, and sought cooperation possibilities with Vietnam in the field.
On the occasion, Ambassador Hung also had a working session with the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Reggio Emilia city, as well as representatives from economic agencies and business associations of the city, and the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE).
The Ambassador witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Italy-Vietnam Foundation and the Asia Institute under the University of Bologna on research cooperation.
He also visited the Institute of Musical Studies of Reggio Emilia and Castelnovo New Monti and worked with leaders of the Rotary Club in Bologna and Reggio Emilia.
(Source: WVR/VNA)
