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Over the years, bilateral relations have experienced steady intensification and this has also affected the frequency of <\/span>institutional visits.<\/strong><\/header>\n
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FROM ITALY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 2008 Minister of Economic Development Claudio Scajola, who led a business mission together with over 170 companies.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2009 Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Stefania Craxi.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2012 Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant\u2019Agata, during whose visit it has been decided to start the negotiations for the conclusion of a strategic partnership, so as to elevate bilateral relations as a whole, particularly the economic ones.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2013 Minister of Defense Giampaolo Di Paola.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2013 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Archi.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2014 Vice President of the Chamber Marina Sereni.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2014 President of the Council of Ministers, Matteo Renzi (first time of an Italian Prime Minister in Vietnam).<\/p>\n

\u2013 2014 Undersecretary of Defense Domenico Rossi, who has co-chaired the bilateral dialogue on defense.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2014 Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova, who led a new mission, during which they were reached the final steps for the definition of the new Action Plan for 2015-2016 of the Strategic Partnership.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2015 Chairman of the Senate\u2019s Foreign Relations Committee Pierferdinando Casini, who also attended the Inter-Parliamentary Union\u00a0summit.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2015 President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella (first time of an Italian Head of State in Vietnam), accompanied by Minister of Economic Development Federica Guidi. During the historic visit the President met with all the top leaders of the country and went also to Halong Bay and Ho Chi Minh City.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2016 The R.H. Milena Santerini, member of the Commission for Culture and Education of the Chamber of Deputies.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2016 Minister of Transport\u00a0Graziano Delrio, who met\u00a0with Prime Minister Ph\u00fac,\u00a0Minister of Transport\u00a0Nghia and President of People\u2019s Committee of Hanoi Chung.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2016 Minister of Justice Andrea Orlando (first visit of an Italian Minister of Justice), who met with Prime Minister Ph\u00fac, President of National Assembly Ngan and Minister of Justice Long.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2017 Undersecretary of State for Culture\u00a0Dorina Bianchi, who attended the Fair of Tourism in\u00a0Ho Chi Minh City and met with vietnamese authorities in the field of tourism.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2017 Undersecretary of State for Economic Development\u00a0Ivan Scalfarotto, who met with Prime Minister Ph\u00fac, the Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment\u00a0and the Vice Minister of Transport.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2018 Vice President\u00a0of the\u00a0Commission for International Adoptions Laura Laera, who met with the Director of the Department for Adoptions of the Ministry of Justice Hao.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2018 Director General\u00a0of the Ministry\u00a0of Environment Francesco La Camera, who signed a\u00a0Memorandum on Cooperation with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2018 Director General\u00a0for the Promotion\u00a0of \u201cSistema Paese\u201d\u00a0of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, who met with the Vice Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism and the Vice Minister\u00a0of Science and Tecnology.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2019 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation\u00a0Enzo Moavero Milanesi, who met with\u00a0Deputy Prime Minister \/ Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2019 President of the Council of Ministers\u00a0Giuseppe Conte, who met with\u00a0Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Ph\u00fac and attended\u00a0the III High Level Dialogue Italy \u2013 ASEAN.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2019 Undesecretary of State for Defence\u00a0Angelo Tofalo, who met\u00a0with Vice Minister\u00a0of Defence Gen. Be Xuan Truong and attended the\u00a0III Strategic Dialogue\u00a0on defence policies.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2020 Director of the Italian Agency\u00a0for Development Cooperation Luca Maestripieri, who met with\u00a0Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Dung,\u00a0Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Thang,\u00a0Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Thanh,\u00a0Vice Minister of Finance Ha.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2020 Telephone conversation between the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio,\u00a0and the Deputy Prime Minister \/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Pham Binh Minh.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2020 Video\u00a0meeting between Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Manlio Di Stefano and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of\u00a0Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong and signature of\u00a0the new Memorandum of Understanding on the Italian-Vietnamese Mixed Economic Commission (MEC).<\/p>\n

\u2013 2020 Meeting of the Joint Commission for Science and Technology Cooperation between Italy and Vietnam.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2020 VI Joint Economic Commission (in videoconference) co-chaired by the Undersecretary of State Manlio Di Stefano and the Vice Minister for Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2021 Italy-Vietnam Conference on Science and Technology Cooperation.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2021 Political consultations between\u00a0Undersecretary\u00a0for Foreign Affairs\u00a0Manlio Di Stefano and the Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung and signature of the 2021-2023 Action Plan to strengthen the Strategic Partnership.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2022 Telephone conversation between the Italian\u00a0President of the Council of Ministers Mario Draghi and\u00a0the Vietnamese\u00a0Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2022 Mission to Vietnam of Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Manlio Di Stefano: meeting with Vietnamese\u00a0Minister of Foreign Affairs\u00a0Bui Thanh Son, Political consultations with Deputy\u00a0Minister of Foreign Affairs\u00a0Ha Kim Ngoc and VII Joint Economic Commission with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2022 Meeting in Brussels between the Italian President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni and the Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on the margins of the Commemorative Summit for the 45 years of EU-ASEAN diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 Mission to Vietnam\u00a0of Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs\u00a0Maria Tripodi: meeting with Vietnamese\u00a0Minister\u00a0of Foreign Affairs\u00a0Bui Thanh Son,\u00a0Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang,\u00a0Vice Minister of\u00a0Culture Ta Quang Dong and President of the Parliamentary Friendship Group Vietnam-Italy\u00a0Le Tan Toi.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 Meeting in Tokyo between Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio and the Vietnamese Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long, on the margins of the G7 Justice Ministers\u2019 Summit<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 Visit to Vietnam of a delegation from the Region of Lombardy, led by President Attilio Fontana. Meetings with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet and President of Hanoi People\u2019s Committee Tran Sy Thanh<\/p>\n

\u2013 2024 Visit to Vietnam of the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests Mr. Francesco Lollobrigida. Meetings with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan, Chairman of the External Relations Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Le Hoai Trung and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Signing of a MoU on Cooperation in Agriculture.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2024 Meeting in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) between the President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on the sidelines of the November G20 Summit.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2024 Visit to Vietnam by the Undersecretary of State for Defence Matteo Perego di Cremnago. Meetings with the Minister of Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang, with the Deputy Minister of Defence Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and with the Chairman of the Defence and Security Committee of the National Assembly Gen. Le Tan Toi. Participation in the Vietnam Defence Expo 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2025 Visit to Vietnam of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi. Political Consultations with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and IX Joint Economic Commission with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hoang Long.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2025 Visit to Vietnam by the Undersecretary of State for Defense Matteo Perego di Cremnago. Participation in the fifth Bilateral Dialogue on Defense Policy and the second Italy-Vietnam Forum on the Defense Industry. Meeting with the Minister of Defense Gen. Phan Van Giang.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2025 Visit to Vietnam by the Vice Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, Mr. Valentino Valentini. Meetings with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Le Thi Thu Hang, and with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Long. Roundtable discussion on energy sector with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Long, and participation in the Italy-Vietnam Business Forum with Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Ho Sy Hung.<\/p>\n

FROM VIETNAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 2009 President of the Republic Nguyen Minh Triet;<\/p>\n

\u2013 2010 Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung;<\/p>\n

\u2013 2010 Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Commerce, Defense, Interior;<\/p>\n

\u2013 2013 General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong, accompanied by an important ministerial delegation in a historic state visit, during which the Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership was signed, along with five other agreements in various sectors. The visit \u2013 during which Trong met with President Napolitano and Prime Minister Monti \u2013 also inaugurated the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations, which have spread over the whole year through the actions \u201cYear of Vietnam in Italy \u201cand\u201d Year in Vietnam \u201c, organized by the respective Embassies.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2015 Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong;<\/p>\n

\u2013 2016 Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, who also participated to the Ministerial Conference organized by the Community of Sant\u2019Egidio on the abolition of the death penalty.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2016 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs\u00a0Bui Thanh Son, who met with\u00a0Undersecretary of State\u00a0for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2016 Visit in Italy\u00a0of the\u00a0President of the Republic\u00a0Tran Dai Quang.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2017 Vice Minister of Defence\u00a0Nguyen Chi Vinh, who met with Undersecretary of State for Defence Domenico Rossi and attended\u00a0the Strategic Dialogue on security and defence.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2017 President of People\u2019s Supreme Court, who met with the highest\u00a0Italian\u00a0magistrates.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2018 Vice Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, who met with the President of the Chamber of Deputies\u00a0Roberto Fico.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2018 Vice Minister\u00a0of Industry and\u00a0Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong, who attended\u00a0the Joint Economic Commission.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2019\u00a0Inspector General\u00a0Le Minh Khai, who met with\u00a0Presidente of ANAC Raffaele Cantone.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2019 Vice President of the National Assembly\u00a0Nguyen Sinh Hung, who met with\u00a0the President\u00a0of the Chamber of Deputies\u00a0Roberto Fico.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2020 Telephone conversation between the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the Deputy Prime Minister \/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Pham Binh Minh.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2020 Video meeting between Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Manlio Di Stefano and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong and signature of the new Memorandum of Understanding on the Italian-Vietnamese Mixed Economic Commission (MEC).<\/p>\n

\u2013 2021 Meeting in Vienna\u00a0between the President of the Chamber of Deputies,\u00a0Roberto Fico,\u00a0and the President of the National Assembly of Vietnam, Vuong Dinh Hue, on the\u00a0occasion of the Conference of Presidents of the Parliaments of the Interparliamentary Union.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2021 Visit\u00a0of the Vice President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Vietnamese National Assembly, Don Tuan Phong, on the occasion of the\u00a0Rome COP26 Parliamentary Conference.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2022 Telephone conversation between the Italian President of the Council of Ministers Mario Draghi and the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Pham Minh Chinh.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2022 Visit in Rome of a delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice led by Vice Minister Phan Chi Hieu.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2022 Meeting in Brussels between the Italian President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni and the Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on the margins of the Commemorative Summit for the 45 years of EU-ASEAN diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 Political consultations in Rome between\u00a0Vietnamese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 Visit to Italy of the President of the\u00a0Communication Commission of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Nguyen Trong Nghia, accompanied by Deputy Minister of Information Nguyen Thanh Lam and Deputy Minister of Education Ngo Thi Minh.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 Visit to Italy of the Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Nguyen Hung Son<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 Visit to Italy of the Vice Minister of Defence, Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien. Meeting with the Minister of Defence, Mr. Guido Crosetto, and IV Strategic Dialogue on Security and Defence with Undersecretary Matteo Perego di Cremnago<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 Visit to Italy of the Minister of Public Security, Gen. To Lam. Meeting with the Minister of Interior, Mr. Matteo Piantedosi, and with the Minister of Justice, Mr. Carlo Nordio. Signature of the agreements on extradition and transfer of sentenced persons<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 State visit to Italy of the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, H.E. Mr. Vo Van Thuong<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 VIII Joint Economic Commission co-chaired by Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Maria Tripodi, and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr. Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan<\/p>\n

\u2013 2023 Visit to Italy of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Nguyen Minh Hang. Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Antonio Tajani, and with the President of Lombardy Region, Mr. Attilio Fontana<\/p>\n

\u2013 2024 Visit to Italy of the Chairman of the Commission for External Relations of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Mr. Le Hoai Trung. Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Antonio Tajani.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2024 Visit to Italy of the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Hong Dien. Participation to the outreach session of the G7 Trade Ministers\u2019 Meeting. Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Antonio Tajani.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2024 Visit to Italy of the Chairman of Security and Defence Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam, Gen. Le Tan Toi. Meetings with Italy\u2019s Undersecretary for Defence Mr. Matteo Perego di Cremnago, with the Chairman of the Defence Commission of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Mr. Antonio Minardo and with the Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group Vietnam-Italy Ms. Chiara Gribaudo. Courtesy meeting with the Vice Chairman of the Camber of Deputies of Italy, Ms. Anna Ascani.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2024 Visit to Italy of the Vice Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam, Nguyen Van Hoi, to Italy. Participation in the outreach session of the G7 Ministerial Meeting on Inclusion and Disability.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2025 Videoconference between the Minister of Interior, Mr. Matteo Piantedosi, and the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, Gen. Luong Tam Quang. Signing of a Letter of Intent on the establishment of a Joint Committee on Promoting Cooperation in Preventing and Combating Crime.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2025 Visit to Italy of the Vice Minister of Justice of Vietnam, Mr. Mai Luong Khoi. Meeting with the Minister of Justice, Mr. Carlo Nordio.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2025 Visit to Italy by the Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vo Thi Anh Xuan. Meetings with the President of the Chamber of Deputies Lorenzo Fontana, with the President of the European Union Policies Commission of the Senate of the Republic Giulio Terzi di Sant\u2019Agata, with the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri and with the President of the Lombardy Region Attilio Fontana.<\/p>\n

\u2013 2025 Visit to Italy by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Le Thi Thu Hang. Meeting with the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi.<\/p>\n

In addition to these bilateral visits there are constant contacts between Italian and Vietnamese\u00a0Authorities on the sidelines of international multilateral meetings (such as ASEM).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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