Over the past years, the friendship and traditional cooperation between Vietnam and Italy have developed fruitfully. In particular, the good political ties, along with the exchanges of many high-level delegations have created momentum for the development of economy, trade, and investment between the two countries.

Europe has recorded over 1 million COVID-19 infection cases on April 18 with more than 96,000 people died and 290,000 recovered cases. As some countries start to ease restrictions to rescue the economies, others are still scratching their heads to tame the coronavirus pandemic.