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| President Vo Van Thuong meets with President of the Tuscany region Eugenio Giani. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
On behalf of the people of the Tuscany region and the city of Florence, President of the Region Eugenio Giani and Mayor Dario Nardella warmly welcomed President Vo Van Thuong and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation.
Expressing his delight at visiting the city of Florence, considered the cradle of Renaissance art with many ancient architectural works and museums displaying masterpieces of European and world artists, the President highly appreciated the dynamic development of the Tuscany region and the city of Florence in the fields of art, heritage conservation, and sustainable tourism.
The President and the President of the Tuscany Region recalled the event when Mayor of Florence Giorgio La Pira visited Vietnam and met President Ho Chi Minh in 1965 to express his support for the Vietnamese people's fight for independence.
The President of the Tuscany Region congratulated the success of the State visit to Italy by President Vo Van Thuong, saying that the visit demonstrated the friendship and solidarity between the two peoples and the confidence in the strong development of bilateral relations in the coming time. The President of the Tuscany Region expressed his admiration for the struggle for national liberation and reunification of the Vietnamese people and was impressed by the dynamism and speed of development of Vietnam in recent years; congratulated Vietnam's increasingly enhanced position and role in the international arena. The President of the Tuscany Region wished to strengthen cooperation with Vinh Phuc province and expand cooperation with other localities of Vietnam.
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| President Vo Van Thuong and his wife met with Mayor of Florence Dario Nardella and his wife. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
The Mayor of Florence appreciated the President’s visit to Italy and the region on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries; affirmed the desire to attract more Vietnamese students to the city to study and research and promote cooperation with Vietnamese localities in education and training, cultural heritage preservation and energy. The Mayor of Florence also wished that Florence would establish a sister city with a Vietnamese city.
President Vo Van Thuong expressed his delight at the strong development of Vietnam-Italy relations over the past 50 years and affirmed that Vietnam focuses on promoting the strategic partnership with Italy in general and between the two countries' localities in particular; welcomed the Tuscany Region to establish a cooperative relationship with Vinh Phuc Province, an exemplary model of cooperation between localities and encouraged cities and localities of the two countries to coordinate in organizing cultural and people-to-people exchanges, expanding and strengthening cooperation in the strengths of the cities and the Region such as tourism and industry.
At the end of the meeting with the President of the Tuscany Region, the President witnessed the leaders of Vinh Phuc province and the Tuscany Region sign a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation, and witnessed the leaders of Vinh Phuc province award the Investment Certificate (project expansion) to Piaggio Group.
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| The President witnessed the leaders of Vinh Phuc province and Tuscany Region sign a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation, and witnessed the leaders of Vinh Phuc province award the Investment Certificate (project expansion) to Piaggio Group. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
During his working visit to the city of Florence, President Vo Van Thuong and his wife visited a number of typical cultural establishments of the city.
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