A delegation of the National Assembly (NA)’s Council for Ethnic Affairs, led by its Vice Chairman Nguyen Lam Thanh, pays a working visit to Brazil from August 7-10. (Photo: The World & Vietnam Newspaper) While in Brasilia, the delegation had working sessionswith President of the Brazil-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group MarcioHonaiser; President of the Commission on Human Rights, Minorities and RacialEquality of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Luizianne Lins; and Secretary forInternational Relations of the Federal District Government Paco Brito. Theyalso met with some officials of Sao Paulo during their stay there.
At these meetings, Thanh, who is also President of theVietnam-Brazil Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, stressed that his visit aimsto promote cooperation between the Vietnamese NA Council for Ethnic Affairs andthe Brazilian Commission on Human Rights, Minorities and Racial Equality in thematters regarding rights and interests of vulnerable ethnic minority communities.
He used this occasion to convey invitations to Brazilianparliamentarians to attend the 9thGlobal Conference of Young Parliamentarians slated for September in Hanoi.
The legislator suggested the two sides enhanceall-level delegation exchanges, and maintain political consultation mechanism between the two foreign ministries and the inter-governmental committee toreview cooperation progress and consider expanding the collaboration in theareas of shared concern.
The Brazilian side affirmed that Vietnam is animportant partner of Brazil, and noted belief that the visit as well ascooperation activities between the two friendship parliamentarians’ groups willcontribute to deepening the relations between the two countries and theirlegislatures and materialising reached agreements.
Both sides rejoiced at the two-way trade, which hit arecord of 6.78 billion USD last year, and 3.3 billion USD in the first half ofthis year.
Brasilia wants to cooperate with Vietnamese cities invarious fields, especially in bio-tech, clean energy and culture.
Meanwhile, Sao Paulo authorities noted their hope tostrengthen cooperation between the Brazilian state and Vietnam in trade, clean energyand climate change response, and attract more Vietnamese investors ininfrastructure construction and agriculture./.