Acting President receives outgoing Brazilian Ambassador
Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has hailed outgoing Brazilian Ambassador to Vietnam Fernando Apparício da Silva’s contributions to consolidating the practical and effective development of Vietnam-Brazil comprehensive partnership during his tenure.
Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan (R) and Brazilian Ambassador to Vietnam Fernando Apparício da Silva. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has hailed outgoingBrazilian Ambassador to Vietnam Fernando Apparício da Silva’s contributions toconsolidating the practical and effective development of Vietnam-Brazilcomprehensive pa🐷rtnership during his tenure.
During a reception for the diplomat in Hanoi on February 6, Xuanaffirmed that Vietnam always wishes to further strengthen its ties with Brazil,one of the top important partners in Latin America. She suggested both nations continue facilitating the exchange ofdelegations at all levels, especially those at the high level to boost the bilateral relationship. Vietnamese leaders also wished to welcome Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva to visit Vietnam soon, Xuan said. Speaking highly of the development of bilateral economic andtrade ties, Xuan expressed her hope that the two countries will continue creatingconditions for their goods to enter each other as well as step up educational cooperationwhich is also their strength. The Acting President proposed the Brazilian Government continue supporting thelaunch of talks on a Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the Southern CommonMarket Mercosur. The two nations should continue supporting each other atinternational organisations and multilateral forums, she added. Apparício da Silva, for his part, said two-way trade surgedto 6.78 billion USD last year from about 4 billion USD in late 2018, up 6.6%annually. Expressing his thanks to Vietnam’s competent agencies for theirsupport during his tenure, he wished that the bilateral ties would thrive in thenear future, especially the exchange of high-level delegations and cooperationin economy, trade and other areas of strength of each nation./.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan (R) and Brazilian Ambassador to Vietnam Fernando Apparício da Silva. (Photo: VNA) 
