The Italian city of Torino wants to further step up cooperation with
Vietnam in economics, culture and education, Chairman of the
Municipal Council Giovani Ferraris has said.
Ferraris delivered the statement at a ceremony to erect President Ho Chi
Minh’s statue at the Vietnamese Honorary Consulate in Torino on Oct.
14, which was also attended by Vietnamese Honorary Consul Sandra
Scagliotti.
The city’s authorities are willing to support
and cooperate with the Vietnam Study Centre and the Vietnamese Honorary
Consulate in activities to promote Vietnamese culture and raise
understanding about Vietnam among the local people, Ferraris said.
He also expressed his respect for President Ho Chi Minh,
saying that the Italian people always have a respect for the President
as well as sentiments towards the Vietnamese people.
On the
evening of the same day, a concert was held under the baton of Enrico
Intra, who organised a concert in 1962 to raise funds for Agent
Orange/dioxin victims in Vietnam .
The Vietnam Study
Centre in Torino has a library with about 4,000 books about Vietnam .
This is the only library about Vietnam in Italy to help the Vietnamese
community and the Italian people to study and learn about Vietnam as
well as President Ho Chi Minh./.
