HN hopes to cooperate with Italy in different fields

June 06, 2019 9:00 AM GMT+7

VGP – Chairman of the Ha Noi municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung hosted a reception for former Italian PM Enrico Letta who is President of the Italy-ASEAN Association on a working visit to Ha Noi.

Chairman of Ha Noi municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung (R) and former Italian PM Enrico Letta, June 5, 2019

Italian former PM Enrico Letta said that the third Italy-ASEAN Business Forum which was held in Ha Noi on June 6 not only represents the commitments of the local authorities to the international community but also shows its rising status.

Mr. Enrico Letta was convinced that under the leadership of the Chairman, Ha Noi would be flourishing in various fields especially economics. He also believed that Italy would be an important partner of Ha Noi. He expressed the aspiration to listen to key development orientations of Ha Noi in the coming time. 

In reply, Chairman Chung said that in the 2016-2020 period, Ha Noi will develop three breakthroughs including administrative reform, infrastructure development, and high-quality human resource. 

As one of 17 capitals with largest areas, Ha Noi targets to develop mechanisms centering around people and businesses and broaden ties with other countries including Italy. 

In Ha Noi, over 2,000 cultural and social events take place a year. The city houses over 1,000 cultural and relic establishments. 

Especially, Ha Noi is a rare city in Asia with a cultural combination between Europe and Asia. The city has the second largest economic scale, contributing 16.8% of the national budget. 

Over the past three years, Ha Noi was the biggest FDI recipient with US$ 7.5 billion in 2018. 

However, the city is coping with numerous challenges during the development process including rising mechanical demography, job generation, and the lack of infrastructure investment. 

According to Mr. Chung, local residents are interested in Italian products. Hence, Ha Noi hopes to shake hands with Italy in pharmaceutical industry, chemicals, cosmetics, furniture, fashion, embellishment of ancient streets, and construction of smart urban areas. 

Especially, the host leader expressed the aspiration to cooperate with Italian enterprises to build metro lines. 

He also believed that with the biggest number of Italian businesses, the forum would open up abundant opportunities for ASEAN and Italy./. 

By Kim Anh 

 

 

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