Brasilia (VNA) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke highly of the relations between Vietnam and Brazil during his recent reception of Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Hoa who presented her credentials to the host leader.
He alsopraised Vietnam’s position and the achievements the country has recorded overthe recent past, and asked Thoa toconvey his greetings to Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong.
The host leader urgedthe ambassador to make practical contributions to promoting the fruitfulcomprehensive partnership between the two countries.
For her part, Hoa said Vietnam always attaches importance tothe multifaceted cooperation with Brazil across spheres.
The ambassadorrejoiced at the tightened relationship between Vietnam and Brazil after thetwo countries set up diplomatic ties more than three decades ago, especiallysince 2007 when they established a comprehensive partnership.
Despite the complexdevelopments of COVID-19, two-way trade still reached 1.6 billion USD in thefirst five months of this year, she stressed, adding that Vietnam ranks secondamong Asian nations that have set up trade ties with Brazil.
Hoa expressed her hopethat Vietnam and Brazil will share experience and cooperate in the fightagainst the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the ASEAN Chair and anon-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Vietnamwill work as a bridge between Brazil and Southeast Asia, she said.
The diplomatsuggested the two countries continue their close coordination and mutualsupport at multilateral and regional forums, enhance delegation exchanges andstep up collaboration in all areas, saying she hopes that the bilateralrelationship will develop more intensively and extensively./.
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