Rome (VNA), March 15 -- A roundtable meeting took place in Potenza city, the capital of Italy's Basilicata region, on March 13 to introduce Vietnam to local businesses and explore economic cooperation potential.

Opening the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung gave a brief introduction of Vietnam's socio-economic achievements and favourable policies for businesses and investors. He said Basilicata region boasts many important industries such as mechanics, automobile, agricultural processing, and oil and gas exploitation.

Vietnam expects the dynamic policies being implemented will help further tap into the region's potential; open up new economic cooperation chances for the two sides; create optimal conditions for Basilic...