Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam thanked the Italian Ministry of Defense delegation and Italian defense enterprises, including Leonardo Group, for joining the Vietnam Defense Expo 2024, thereby showing Italy’s goodwill in promoting defense cooperation with Vietnam and hoped that through meetings and exchanges with leaders of Vietnamese ministries and branches, Stefano Pontecorvo’s working visit to Vietnam would achieve positive outcomes, contributing to strengthening the bilateral relations.

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Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam (right) and Chairman of Leonardo Group Stefano Pontecorvo at the reception

Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam expressed his delight at the Vietnam-Italy strategic partnership, which has been continuously strengthened and developed in many fields, emphasizing that in overall bilateral defense cooperation, defense industry cooperation has been promoted by both sides.

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Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam presents a souvenir to Mr. Stefano Pontecorvo.

Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam affirmed that the Vietnamese Defense Ministry is ready to create favorable conditions for Italian defense enterprises, including Leonardo Group, to introduce products and seek cooperation opportunities, on the basis of the needs and capabilities of both sides and regulations of the two countries’ defense ministries.

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Delegates pose for a joint photo at the event.

For his part, Mr. Stefano Pontecorvo congratulated Vietnam on successfully organizing activities in celebration of the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army as well as the Vietnam Defense Expo 2024, highlighting that Leonardo Group hopes to have more opportunities to cooperate with the Vietnamese Defense Ministry in the coming time, contributing to boosting the bilateral defense cooperation.

Translated by Minh Anh