The Brazilian President’s visit marks a milestone in the bilateral relations, in line with Vietnam’s foreign policy while contributing to concretising the resolution adopted at the 13th National Party Congress and a plan to develop its ties with Latin American countries in the 2022-2026 period.
Over the years, President Lula da Silva has actively supported stronger cooperation with Vietnam across diverse sectors, from trade and investment to education, science, technology, and renewable energy.
With 36 years of diplomatic ties (May 8, 1989 –2025), 18 years of Comprehensive Partnership (since 2007), and a Strategic Partnership from November 2024, Vietnam and Brazil have continually strengthened their close and cooperative relationship, which has now entered a new phase of robust, substantive, and effective collaboration across multiple sectors.
Vietnam and Brazil issued a joint statement on elevating their bilateral relations to a Strategic Partnership in Rio de Janeiro on November 17 (local time) on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s ongoing trip to the Latin American nation to attend the G20 Summit and have bilateral activities.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Rio de Janeiro on November 17, during which the two leaders agreed to elevate the bilateral relations to a Strategic Partnership and issue a joint statement on the upgrade of the ties.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received leaders of four Brazilian corporations in Rio de Janeiro on November 17 (local time) as part of his trip to Brazil for participation in the G20 Summit and bilateral activities.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse had a meeting with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese community in Brazil on November 16 afternoon right after arriving in Rio de Janeiro to attend the G20 Summit and have bilateral activities.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil recently organised a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam – Brazil diplomatic relations, the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, and President Ho Chi Minh’s 134 birthday.
Brazil and Vietnam have plenty of possibilities to deepen their relations, particularly in trade, investment and people-to-people connections, Secretary for Asia and the Pacific at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eduardo Paes Saboia said in his interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency's correspondents in Latin America on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties (May 8, 1989-2024).
The Vietnam-Brazil friendship and cooperative ties began in the early 20th century when President Ho Chi Minh set his foot in Rio de Janeiro in 1912 in his journey to seek the way to salvage the nation, according to a Brazilian official.
Since Vietnam and Brazil established their diplomatic relations on May 8, 1989, the two sides have enjoyed strong expansion in bilateral partnership in all fields from politics, diplomacy and defence to economy, culture and people-to-people exchange.
The official visit to Brazil by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is expected to contribute to lifting the relations between Vietnam and the Latin American country to a new height, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil Pham Thi Kim Hoa in an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
There remains much potential for expanding and diversifying trade between Vietnam and Brazil, and the countries’ governments should act to create conditions for that potential to be tapped into, said Brazilian Ambassador Fernando Apparicio da Silva.
Vietnam and Brazil expressed their readiness to enhance legislative relations during a working visit to the South American country by a Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) delegation.
Vietnamese Ambassador Do Ba Khoa recently paid a courtesy call to Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao as part of activities to build partnership with Brazil’s new government.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on July 3 visited Sao Paulo, the largest financial and industrial hub of Brazil and the North American region, as part of his ongoing visit to Brazil.
Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Tran Dac Loi attended the 14th Congress of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) in Brasilia from November 17-19.
A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Hoang Binh Quan, Chairman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, visited Brazil from September 15-16.
Both Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira have expressed their hope that more and more Vietnamese and Brazilian would invest in each other’s countries.
