Vietnam considered important partner of Brazil
VOV.VN - Brazilian President Lula da Silva highlighted Vietnam as an important partner of his nation at a reception held for Vietnamese Ambassador Bui Van Nghi, who came to present his letter of credence in Brasilia on January 31.
The Brazilian President expressed his admiration for the achievements that the country has recorded over the past years, going on to hail the positive developments recorded in bilateral relations.
He suggested that both sides move to step up co-operation across multiple fields, including politics - diplomacy, economics - trade, agriculture, and science - technology.
Lula da Silva stated that bilateral trade has been growing strongly over recent years to roughly US$7 billion in 2023, therefore the two countries should strive to further advance ties in this field.
The President stated that he hopes to pay a second visit to the nation in the near future, after the first back in 2008.
In response, Ambassador Nghi expressed his honour at being able to serve as Ambassador of Vietnam to Brazil, pledging to help strengthen the two countries’ comprehensive partnership in an increasingly substantive and effective manner in all the three pillars of party-to-party, state-to-state, and people-to-people diplomacy.
The diplomat went on to stress that he will make greater efforts to develop bilateral economic - trade - investment ties on par with the sound political relations, firstly carrying out the commitments stated in the joint communiqué issued during Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Brazil in September, 2023.
He pledged to closely co-ordinate with the South American country to hold celebrations of the 35th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties, which were first established on May 8, 1989, and the 17th anniversary of the comprehensive partnership which began in May, 2007.
At the meeting, Ambassador Nghi also conveyed President Vo Van Thuong’s invitation to visit Vietnam to President Lula.
