Vietnamese PM starts official visit to Brazil

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived at Sao Paulo International Airport around the noon of September 23 (local time), starting an official visit to Brazil from September 23 to 26 at the invitation of the country’s President Lula da Silva.
Vietnamese PM starts official visit to Brazil ảnh 1PM Pham Minh Chinh is welcomed at Sao Paulo International Airport of Brazil on September 23. (Photo: VNA)
Sao Paulo (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-rankingdelegation of Vietnam arrived at Sao Paulo International Airport around thenoon of September 23 (local time), starting an official visit to Brazil from September23 to 26 at the invitation of the country’s President Lula da Silva.

During thetrip, PM Chinh and President Lula da Silva are scheduled to have talks, hold ajoint press conference, and witness the signing and handover of cooperation documentsbetween the two countries. The Vietnamese leader will also have meetings withleaders of the National Congress of Brazil, the parliamentary friendship groupof the South American country, some local political parties and friendshiporganisations, and the state of Sao Paulo.

He willalso visit the Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil, meet with the Vietnamese communityhere, open a photo exhibition on late President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam, attenda business forum between the two countries, and receive executives of someleading Brazilian enterprises.

Vietnamese PM starts official visit to Brazil ảnh 2PM Pham Minh Chinh is welcomed at Sao Paulo International Airport of Brazil on September 23. (Photo: VNA)
The visit is expected to setup new orientations for promoting the Vietnam - Brazil comprehensive partnershipand identify concrete cooperation projects and areas, thereby developing bilateralrelations, especially in economy, trade and investment, in a substantive andeffective manner.

Later the same day, PMChinh visited the Embraer aerospacecompany in Sao Jose dos Campos city of Sao Paulo.

Embraer Presidentand CEO Francisco Gomes Neto gave the Vietnamese leader an introduction of hisfirm, which is the world’s third largest producer of commercial aircraft, afterBoeing and Airbus, and strong at manufacturing under-130-seat planes. In Vietnam,it has handed over five E190 aircraft to Bamboo Airways.

Vietnamese PM starts official visit to Brazil ảnh 3PM Pham Minh Chinh visits the Embraer aerospace company in Sao Jose dos Campos city on September 23. (Photo: VNA)
He highlyvalued the potential of the Vietnamese market, which is suitable for existingaircraft models of Embraer.

Netoexpressed his hope for the Vietnamese Government’s continued support for Embraerto seek cooperation opportunities and expand its market in the country, addingthat the group is ready to implement aircraft maintenance and repair servicesin and provide aerospace technological solutions for Vietnam.

Highlighting the fastdevelopment and potential of Vietnam’s aviation sector, PM Chinh held that thenew-generation aircraft models of Embraer could bea solution helping Vietnamese airlines concurrently expand their fleets andensure flight efficiency and safety.

Vietnamese PM starts official visit to Brazil ảnh 4The meeting between PM Pham Minh Chinh and Embraer President and CEO Francisco Gomes Neto on September 23. (Photo: VNA)
He said he believes in a bright future of aviationcooperation between the two countries, asking Embraer to expand collaboration andinvestment to develop its business ecosystem in Vietnam.

The Governmentleader suggested the group discuss cooperation and business chances with Vietnameseairlines, consider providing aircraft maintenance and repair services, participatein the training of aviation manpower in Vietnam, provide technological solutionsfor the Southeast Asian country to improve the aviation governance capacity,increase automation, and help with the forecasting and prevention of aviation-relatedrisks.

On September 23 evening, PM Chinh had a meeting with representatives of the Vietnamese communities in Brazil and nearby South American countries./.

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