The relations between Vietnam and Italy have been developed across the fields from politics, economics-trade-investment, culture-education, science-technology and defence over the past four decades.
Officials of several regions in Italy have expressed their wish to establish direct cooperative ties with Vietnamese localities during their recent meetings with Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy.
Vietnam-Italy economic and trade relations have been developing strongly, Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Cao Chinh Thien made the remarks in an interview prior to President Tran Dai Quang.