Italy holds training course on citizen protection for local, ASEAN officials
An online training course on citizen protection services for high-level Italian and ASEAN officials opened on February 3, aiming to foster the ASEAN – Italy development partnership.
Rome (VNA) – An online training course oncitizen protection services for high-level Italian and ASEAN officials openedon February 3, aiming to foster the ASEAN – Italy development partnership.
Co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs andInternational Cooperation and the Civil Protection Department of Italy, the coursegathered nearly 20 experts from the bloc and Italy, including two Vietnamese.
On behalf of ASEAN ambassadors in Italy, IndonesianAmbassador and Chairwoman of the ASEAN Committee in Rome Andayani Esti laudedthe meaning of the course, particularly when both sides are being impactednegatively by the climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Nguyen Thi Bich Hue took theoccasion to share Vietnam’s priorities and experience in disaster managementand COVID-19 prevention and control.
She expressed her belief that Italy, as the currentPresident of the G20, will step up collaboration with ASEAN in a bid to realisethe G20’s people-targeted goals in its 2021 agenda.
In September last year, the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’Meeting officially granted Italy the status of Development Partner of theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)./.
The ASEAN Committee in Rome (ACR) will work to support the concretisation of the development partnership between ASEAN and Italy, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Nguyen Thi Bich Hue.
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At the event (Photo: VNA) 
