Cassa Depositi e Prestiti in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Hanoi, organized "Italy meets Vietnam", the launch event on the Vietnamese market of CDP Business Matching, the digital platform designed to encourage the development of commercial relationships between Italian and foreign companies. Speakers included representatives of the main local partners and the Italian system, including: the Italian Embassy in Hanoi, the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), ICE

Programme

Introduced by Laurent Franciosi, Head of International Markets Department, CDP
Moderated by Carlotta Giarola, International Markets Department, CDP

10:00  Welcome addresses and Introductory remarks

Pasquale Salzano, President, SIMEST and Director of European and International Affairs, CDP
Marco della Seta, Italian Ambassador to Hanoi

10:15  Perspectives of industrial cooperation between Italy and Vietnam

Pham Tan Cong, President, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry - VCCI
Barbara Beltrame Giacomello, Vice President for Internationalization, Confindustria 
 

10:30  Launching CDP Business Matching Platform: an innovative tool to develop trade relations between Italy and Vietnam

Riccardo Honorati Bianchi, Head of Country System Initiatives; CDP Business Matching Platform Coordinator

10:40  Roundtable: Business Opportunities and Financial instruments supporting investment and economic relations between Italy and Vietnam 

Fabio De Cillis, Director, Italian Trade Agency Office in Ho Chi Minh City
Michele D’Ercole, President, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam – ICHAM
Representative of Vietinbank
Pietro Loy Donà, Senior Investment Officer Development Finance, CDP
Francesca Alicata, Head of External Relations, SIMEST
 

11:15  Concluding Remarks