Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to attend BRICS Summit in Brazil
VGP – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is set to attend the 17th BRICS Summit and pay a working visit to Brazil from July 4-8, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed Thursday.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh
Pham's tour will be made the the invitation of Brazillian President Lula da Silva.
Guided by the motto "Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance", Brasil's 2025 BRICS Presidency will focus on two priorities: the Global South Cooperation and BRICS Partnerships for Social, Economic and Environmental Development.
Within the framework of these priorities, Brasil proposes to focus political attention on six core areas:
- Global Health Cooperation: encourage real cooperation projects among BRICS nations to promote sustainable and inclusive development in various sectors, particularly in health, to ensure access to medicines and vaccines; launch the BRICS Partnership for the Elimination of Socially Determined Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
- Trade, Investment and Finance: consider the governance and reform of financial markets, local currencies, and payment instruments and platforms as a means of increasing and diversifying trade, financial and investment flows; advance the Partnership for the New Industrial Revolution and adopt the 2030 Strategy for the BRICS Economic Partnership.
- Climate change: adopt a BRICS Climate Leadership Agenda, including a Leaders' Framework Declaration on Climate Finance aimed at guiding structural change in the financial sector.
- Artificial Intelligence Governance: promote inclusive and responsible international governance of artificial intelligence in order to unlock the potential of this technology for social, economic and environmental development.
- Multilateral Peace and Security Architecture: promote a global reform of the multilateral peace system and security architecture in order to ensure effective action in dealing with conflicts, preventing humanitarian disasters and preventing the outbreak of new crises; rebuild mutual trust and understanding, resume diplomacy and promote peaceful solutions to conflicts and disputes.
- Institutional Development: improving the structure and cohesion of the BRICS./.