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President Lula da Silva calls Vietnam important partner of Brazil

Brazilian President Lula da Silva affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of his country while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador Bui Van Nghi, who came to present his credentials in Brasilia on January 31.
President Lula da Silva calls Vietnam important partner of Brazil ảnh 1Brazilian President Lula da Silva (File photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Brazilian President Lula da Silva affirmed that Vietnam isan important partner of his country while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador BuiVan Nghi, who came to present his credentials in Brasilia on January 31.

Expressing his admirationfor the achievements Vietnam have obtained over the past years, the host leaderlauded the development of bilateral relations and asked the two countries to enhancecooperation in multiple spheres, including politics - diplomacy, economy -trade, agriculture, and science - technology.

He noted that bilateral trade has beengrowing strongly over the past years to approximate 7 billion USD in 2023, sothe countries should further promote ties in this field.

The President added he hopes to pay a second visit to Vietnamin the near future, after the first in 2008.

President Lula da Silva calls Vietnam important partner of Brazil ảnh 2Vietnamese Ambassador Bui Van Nghi (R) presents his credentials to Brazilian President Lula da Silva in Brasilia on January 31. (Photo: VNA)
For his part, Nghi voiced his honour to serve asAmbassador of Vietnam to Brazil, pledging to help foster the two countries’comprehensive partnership in an increasingly substantive and effective mannerin all the three pillars of party-to-party, state-to-state, andpeople-to-people diplomacy.

Theambassador emphasised that he will exert efforts to develop bilateral economic -trade - investment ties on par with the sound political relations, firstlyimplementing the commitments stated in the joint communiqué issued duringVietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Brazil in September2023.

Hevowed to coordinate closely with the South American country to organisecelebrations of the 35th anniversary of the two countries’diplomatic ties (May 8, 1989 - 2024) and the 17th anniversary of thecomprehensive partnership (May 2007 - 2024) this year.

Atthe meeting, Nghi also conveyed President Vo Van Thuong’s invitation to visitVietnam to President Lula da Silva./.
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