On May 8-10, the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy participated in the 41st Macfrut Agricultural Products Fair in Rimini City in the Emilia-Romagna region with a booth titled “Vietnamese fruit gardens and local farmers” Oriental spices and herbs.
According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Italy, the opening ceremony of the Vietnam pavilion was held with the chairmanship of Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung and the participation of Vice Chairman of Lang Son province, Mr. Doan Thanh Son and other leaders. Director of Sao Mai Agricultural Product Processing Company Limited. Representing Italy participating in the event were Rimini Prime Minister Rosa Maria Padovano; Vice President of Rimini Province Ms. Daniela De Leonardi; and representative of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture Mr. Renzo Armuzzi. In addition, there are also representatives of important associations such as the National Confederation of Agricultural Owners (Confagricoltura Italia); President of the Agricultural Owners Federation of Romagna Mr. Carlo Carli, President of the Romagna Chamber of Commerce Mr. Carlo Battistini, Vice President of the Forli – Cesena – Romagna Owners Federation Ms. Magali’ Prati and representatives of many other Italian businesses.
At the Vietnam-Italy agricultural product connection session held after the booth opening ceremony, representatives of Italian central and local agencies and businesses highly appreciated the outstanding socio-economic development. of Vietnam, including the agricultural sector.
Rimini provincial government leaders welcomed the presence of Vietnamese local delegations and businesses, hoping that this occasion would give localities and businesses from both sides the opportunity to exchange and discuss potential cooperation. agriculture on the basis of agricultural cooperation documents that the two countries have signed recently as well as on the strengths of high-tech agriculture of the Emilia-Romagna Region and Rimini province in particular.
Having been introduced and tasted unique tropical fruits from Vietnam, representatives of the Italian Federation of Agricultural Owners expressed their hope that businesses from the two countries will increase import and export of these products from Vietnam in the coming time. Vietnam comes to the Italian market, especially fruits that cannot be grown in Italy such as dragon fruit, rambutan, passion fruit, mangosteen…
Vietnam’s booth at this fair received the response of many localities and domestic agricultural enterprises through sending diverse products to display and introduce to the Italian market. In particular, Lang Son province and Sao Mai company attended and brought many high quality products such as tropical agricultural products, flower teas, spices, fresh fruits, medicinal mushrooms… with a wide variety of products. product types and processing methods, creating a notable highlight and attracting many visitors to the Vietnam booth.
In addition to display activities and B2B agricultural product connection sessions organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy at the Fair, Vietnamese units visited and worked with Italian partners.
Source: https://baotintuc.vn/kinh-te/ket-noi-nong-san-viet-nam-italy-20240510123803623.htm