The Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil held a ceremony on July 6 to present the third prize of the National External Information Service Awards 2016 to William Gsiant, a presenter of TV Supren in Brasilia.
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Brazil hit about 1.73 billion USD in the last two quarters, representing a year-on-year increase of 16 percent, according to the Vietnam Commercial Affairs Office in Brazil.
Vietnam has suspended the imports of meat, livestock and poultry products from 21 factories of Brazil which have been under suspicion of using unhygienic substance.
The Department of Animal Health is asking the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to consider suspending the import of meat from some factories in Brazil.
Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture’s manager in charge of coffee Silvio Farnesi has said that the government has approved the importation of robusta coffee, including those from Vietnam
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh reiterated Vietnam’s wish to strengthen ties with the UK, the US and Brazil during his separate meetings with the foreign ministers of the countries in Bonn, Germany, on February 17.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on January 23 sent a message of condolences to Brazilian Foreign Minister Jose Serra over a recent plane crash that killed Judge of the Brazilian Supreme Court Teori Zavascki and four others.
The Vietnam-Brazil Friendship Association held its second national congress in the 2016-2020 term, on April 26 in Hanoi, to boost the two countries’ cooperation in a wide range of fields.
A seminar themed “Vietnam-Brazil relationship: potential and opportunities” was held in Hanoi on November 30 to provide a platform for discussions on ways to promote bilateral trade and investment.
Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff will not make an official tour of Asian countries, including Vietnam, as scheduled due to internal reasons, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry said on November 30.
Politics
Society
