Diego Vecchiato, Director of Department of International Relations of Veneto, Italy hands over the MoU to Vietnamese Trade Counselor to Italy Nguyen Duc Thanh (right). (Photo: VNA) Rome (VNA) - The memorandum ofunderstanding on the establishment of friendship and cooperation between thesouthern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Veneto, an Italian region, has receivedapproval by Veneto President Luca Zaia.
The MoU was handed over to Vietnamese TradeCounselor to Italy Nguyen Duc Thanh on the behalf of Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinceat a ceremony in Venice, Italy on January 26.
Under the MoU, the two sides will undertakenecessary steps to expand partnership in maritime transport, logistics, foodprocessing, education and training, tourism, hi-tech agriculture, publicmanagement, economics and trade, science and technology, healthcare, sports,promotion of cultural heritages, environment and renewable energy.
The two sides agreed to increase informationexchanges in trade and investment and the number of business delegation visits.They also agreed to encourage their businesses to participate in events and tradefairs of each side and planned to organise annual meetings to evaluate theeffectiveness of their cooperation.
Veneto attached importance to developingrelations with foreign partners, including those from Ba Ria-Vung Tau, DiegoVecchiato, Director of the region’s Department of International Relations told theVietnam News Agency.
Ba Ria-Vung Tau has potential for economiccooperation with Veneto, particularly in logistics and tourism, he added,noting that the region can assist the province’s economic development and inareas of culture and universities’ partnership.-VNA
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