On the sidelines of the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Milan, Italy, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met leaders from Myanmar, Thailand, Mongolia, Bulgaria and Norway on October 17 to seek ways for closer bilateral ties.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese designers Minh Hanh, Lan Huong, Cong Khanh and Quang Nhat have been chosen to present their latest silk and brocade designs at a fashion show in Italy on September 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Italy wish to turn their economic cooperation into the centrepiece of their strategic partnership, Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his Italian counterpart Benedetto Della Vedova said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A group of Vietnamese designers, in coordination with international colleagues, have designed an ingenious eco-friendly greenhouse, which will be featured at the World Expo Milano 2015 in Italy.

 On June 9-10, 2014, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi paid an official visit to Vietnam. The visit is the first one of an Italian prime minister since the two nations established diplomatic relations in 1973.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will begin a two-day visit to Vietnam on June 9, in an effort to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in economics, trade and investment.

 The Italian new government won the vote of confidence in the Senate early Tuesday, after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pledged to work for radical and immediate changes to revive the country's recession-gripped economy.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Circus artists and acrobats have brought home awards as their show, Du Quan Ho (Quan Ho Swings), won a gold medal at a recent circus festival in Italy.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Italy plans to open a consulate in HCMC late this year to boost relations between the two countries, according to Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Lorenzo Angeloni.

 Italy's government approved a 2014 budget that will have "less spending, less debt and less tax" to help sustain a gradual economic recovery it hopes will start later this year.

 Rescue operation for the Friday's shipwreck in waters between Malta and Italy which left more than 30 migrants dead were one of the toughest, a rescuer said on Saturday.

 Italy braced for market reactions on Monday as Prime Minister Enrico Letta battled to save his coalition from collapse after Silvio Berlusconi said he was pulling his party's ministers out of the cabinet.

A government delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai is paying official visits to Italy and Belgium from September 23-27.

 At least 39 people died after a tourist bus crashed through a guard rail in southern Italy Sunday evening, local media reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Italy discussed measures to boost comprehensive cooperation in various areas during their first strategic dialogue in Hanoi on July 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national futsal team has left for Italy to train ahead of the fourth Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) which takes place in Inchoen, South Korea from June 29 to July 6.

 Three people died and several others were missing in the water in the port of Genoa on Wednesday, after a container ship smashed into a control tower in a night-time accident.

VietNamNet Bridge - Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy was the vedette in the fashion show by designer Hoang Hai in the city of Florence, Italy early this week.