Vietnam, Italy promote economic cooperation

The Embassy of Vietnam in Italy recently coordinated with authorities from Castelbuono in Palermo, the capital of southern Sicily region, to organise a forum on enhancing economic cooperation.
Vietnam, Italy promote economic cooperation ảnh 1Vietnam can study the possibility of cooperation with Sicily in planting and exporting the region’s “Fico d’India”, a plant similar to Vietnamese dragon fruit. (Photo: VNA)

Rome (VNA) –
The Embassy of Vietnamin Italy recently coordinated with authorities from Castelbuono in Palermo, thecapital of southern Sicily region, to organise a forum on enhancing economiccooperation.

More than 30 businesses from the Sicily region participatedin the event.

Delegates presented cooperation possibilitiesbetween Vietnam and Sicily, focusing on trade of goods such as farm produce,rice, coffee and spices from Vietnam, and food, tourism and hotel services fromSicily.

Nguyen Duc Thanh, Minister Counselor at theVietnamese embassy in Italy, said from the experience of developing productionand export of dragon fruits, Vietnam can study the possibility of cooperationwith Sicily in planting and exporting the region’s “Fico d’India”, a plantsimilar to Vietnamese dragon fruit.

Salvatore Caltagirone, a member in charge of theMadonie nature reserve, one of the 10 geological parks in Italy recognised byUNESCO, expressed his hope of finding Vietnamese partners to coordinate fordevelopment research and the preservation of nature reserves in Italy andVietnam through funding from the European Union.

After the forum, participants said they wishedto organise a larger workshop soon to step up bilateral cooperation./.

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