Italy considers Vietnam ideal gateway to ASEAN
(VOV) - Italian businesses have paid growing attention to Vietnam – an emerging market in the region and considered it as an ideal gateway to ASEAN and Asia.
This was stated by Ambassador to Vietnam Lorenzo Angeloni at a press briefing in Hanoi on November 5 to announce a visit to Vietnam of an Italian economic mission from November 22-26.
Deputy Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda will lead around 100 Italian business people operating in different fields to seek cooperative and investment opportunities in the country.
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Ambassador Angeloni said the visit aims to realize two economic and political related tasks. Official dialogues will be held according to the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed by the two governments before the Italy-Vietnam Business Forum.
In addition, the Italian Trade Commission (ITC) will organise bilateral meetings between Italian firms and Vietnamese partners, aiming to boost bilateral economic cooperation relations, the ambassador emphasised.
The ITC will also hold trade summits and events in Hanoi on November 24-25 and Ho Chi Minh City on November 26.
Italy has become a leading European Union partner of Vietnam. Two-way trade turnover hit around 3 billion euro in 2013 and is expected to reach 3.5 billion euro this year and 5 billion euro in 2016.