Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan meets with Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri

Continuing her working program in Italy, on the afternoon of June 30, 2025 local time, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan met with Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri.

Welcoming Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan to visit the capital Rome, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri assessed that the Vietnam-Italy relationship in general and the relationship with Rome in particular have developed very well in recent times. The Mayor expressed his admiration for Vietnam's history of fighting for national liberation and unification in the past as well as its achievements in socio -economic development today. The Mayor also shared that Italians love the beauty, culture and history of Vietnam.

Pleased to visit the ancient city of Rome, a world- famous cultural and historical center, the Vice President affirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance to promoting the Vietnam-Italy strategic partnership in many fields, including cooperation between localities of the two countries.

VicePresident Vo Thi Anh Xuan meets with Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri

Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said that Rome has had the honor of hosting many important events celebrating the relationship between the two countries and through these events, has had the opportunity to approach and be impressed by the traditional beauty of Vietnam. With that spirit, Mayor Gualtieri hopes to further promote the relationship between Rome and localities of Vietnam, including the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Rome and Hanoi, opening up new cooperation opportunities, implementing specific cooperation plans in preserving culture and world heritage of Vietnam.

Appreciating the increasingly developing friendship between Rome and Hanoi, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan said that the two sides should soon sign and effectively implement a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the two cities. At the same time, the Vice President asked the Rome City government to support increased cooperation with Vietnamese localities in the fields of archaeology, heritage conservation, cultural exchange, and increased promotion and people-to-people exchange.

At the meeting, the two sides also agreed to continue to strengthen cooperation in other areas such as trade - investment, culture - education, sports, tourism, public transport, urbanization, digital transformation, artificial intelligence... as well as coordinate to solve global issues such as climate change./.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/pho-chu-tich-nuoc-vo-thi-anh-xuan-gap-thi-truong-thanh-pho-roma-roberto-gualtieri-20250701102220967.htm