The remark was made by Standing Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Le Thanh Liem, at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City, on June 20, to mark the 45th anniversary of the diplomatic ties with Italy.
He noted that both sides have enhanced their delegation exchanges in the past few years, including the visit to Vietnam in 2014 and 2015 made by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Sergio Mattarella, and the visit to Italy in 2013 and 2014 by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Tran Dai Quang.
The two countries have closely cooperated at international and multilateral forums, enhanced their trade and investment ties, and bolstered their collaboration in the fields of education, tourism and science, he said.
Regarding the relations between Ho Chi Minh City and the European country, the Standing Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee underlined that both sides have gained important achievements in trade, investment, education-training, culture and tourism.
The Italian leaders’ visit to the southern hub is a vivid illustration of the sound friendship between the two countries, while opening new cooperative opportunities for both sides in various sectors.
The Italian Government has committed its support to establishing a garment and leather shoes technology centre at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. In addition, the Italian Linguistics and Literature Department set up in 2008 under the University of Social Sciences and Humanities is the translation of positive education cooperation between the two nations.
Consul General of Italy in Ho Chi Minh City, Dante Brandi, for his part, pointed to the need to start concretising the cooperative activities to elevate the bilateral relations in various sectors, especially those of both sides’ strengths and interests, to the next level.
Italy sees potential and opportunities in the relations with Ho Chi Minh City, the most dynamic city in Vietnam, he affirmed, expressing his delights over the smooth cooperation with the city to welcome high-ranking delegations from Italy.
Together with the productive results in trade, investment and education, Ho Chi Minh City and Italy have huge potential to further the win-win cooperation in infrastructure development, museum management, tourism development, and scientific research.
