HCMCity (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities will create favourableconditions for the Italian Consulate General to implement cooperativeactivities, contributing to deepening the Vietnam-Italy strategic partnership,a municipal official has affirmed.
Addressinga ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of Italy’s Republic Day(June 2) hosted by the Consulate General in HCM City on June 3, Le Thanh Liem,Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee highlighted progress made inthe bilateral strategic partnership, which has been reflected throughhigh-level visits by leaders of the two countries.
HCMCity is always the leading locality nationwide in cooperative activities withItaly, especially in trade, investment, culture and arts, he said, noting thatthe fruitful relations between Vietnam and Italy over the pat time is thefoundation for the ties between HCM City and Italy, for friendship andprosperity.
DanteBrandi, Italy’s Consul General, emphasized the Consulate General’s efforts to carryout cooperative programmes with HCM City in investment, trade, culture andarts.
Italypledged to foster cooperation with Vietnamese localities, towards preservingand promoting values of culture, architecture, green transport and tourism, anddeveloping relations between small-and medium-sized enterprises of the twocountries, in order to grasp trends of Vietnamese and Italian economies, hesaid.-VNA
