{"id":6363,"date":"2026-02-11T16:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/news\/dal_consolato\/2026\/02\/intervista-della-console-generale-ditalia-ad-ho-chi-minh-city-alessandra-tognonato-su-the-saigon-times\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:49:05","slug":"intervista-della-console-generale-ditalia-ad-ho-chi-minh-city-alessandra-tognonato-su-the-saigon-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dal_consolato\/2026\/02\/intervista-della-console-generale-ditalia-ad-ho-chi-minh-city-alessandra-tognonato-su-the-saigon-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with the Consul General of Italy in Ho Chi Minh City, Alessandra Tognonato, in The Saigon Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"168\"><strong data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"168\">Italy\u2013HCMC: Economic Cooperation and a Shared Vision<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"564\">The Saigon Times, one of Vietnam\u2019s leading economic and financial publications, has published an interview with Consul General Alessandra Tognonato highlighting the complementarity between Italy\u2019s industrial fabric and the growth dynamics of southern Vietnam, with particular attention to innovation- and sustainability-driven investments, also supported by instruments such as SACE and SIMEST.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"1650\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In addition to well-established sectors\u2014particularly mechanics, design, fashion, and agrifood\u2014the Consul General identifies innovation- and sustainability-related fields as among the most promising for the future: renewable energy\u2014primarily following the MoU signed in 2023 by ENI with Vietnam\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture\u2014health (pharmaceuticals, biotech, and health-tech), smart manufacturing, sustainable urban solutions, and Earth observation technologies. These sectors align with the development priorities of Ho Chi Minh City, the country\u2019s economic and industrial hub and a strategic gateway to Southeast Asian markets. The coordinated efforts of the Italy System aim to promote a long-term partnership based on industrial integration, skills transfer, technological cooperation, and shared value creation. Emphasizing the strategic importance of education and human capital as structural elements for strengthening economic cooperation with HCMC, the Consul General underlined that investing in young people is essential to building solid and interconnected economic ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy\u2013HCMC: Economic Cooperation and a Shared Vision The Saigon Times, one of Vietnam\u2019s leading economic and financial publications, has published an interview with Consul General Alessandra Tognonato highlighting the complementarity between Italy\u2019s industrial fabric and the growth dynamics of southern Vietnam, with particular attention to innovation- and sustainability-driven investments, also supported by instruments such as [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-6363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomazia-culturale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6367,"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363\/revisions\/6367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshochiminh.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}