The Tenth Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Commission, the main mechanism for bilateral dialogue on economic and trade issues, was held today. It was co-chaired by the \u00a0Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, and Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang. During the session, considerable attention was paid to strengthening cooperation in the fields of trade, industry, and investment. The parties also reaffirmed their joint commitment to the energy transition and, in the agricultural sector, to continuing negotiations for the opening to new products and strengthening collaboration in areas such as agricultural mechanization, food processing, and sustainable agriculture.<\/p>\n
Trade between the two countries reached \u20ac6.7 billion in 2025 (+9.2% compared to 2024), with Vietnam becoming Italy’s leading trading partner among ASEAN countries. Within the EU, Italy remains Vietnam’s third-largest trading partner. Undersecretary Tripodi emphasized the importance of continuing along a path of balanced and sustainable growth in trade, calling for measures to rebalance the trade balance. He finally reiterated the importance of protecting intellectual property and improving market access for Italian companies, also through constructive dialogue aimed at overcoming the problematic issues highlighted by certain sectors.<\/p>\n
Undersecretary Tripodi stated: “The strategic partnership that unites us continues to prove an essential tool for fostering cooperation, supporting our companies, and responding to growing global challenges.” On the sidelines of the Commission’s work, she also signed the Memorandum on the Red River II Project, funded by the Italian government with a \u20ac2.86 million soft loan. The project aims to improve the management of the Thai Binh (Red River) hydroelectric basin system through the development of a monitoring and decision-making support platform for energy. This objective will be pursued through new installations and the strengthening of existing equipment at multiple sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tenth Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Commission, the main mechanism for bilateral dialogue on economic and trade issues, was held today. It was co-chaired by the \u00a0Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, and Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang. During the session, considerable attention was paid to strengthening cooperation in the fields […]","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,29,3,387],"class_list":["post-183218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-asia-e-oceania","tag-cooperazione-sviluppo","tag-diplomazia-economica","tag-sottosegretario-maria-tripodi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183219,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183218\/revisions\/183219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}