Viet Nam shows increasingly dynamic presence on international stage: Brazilian Ambassador

Brazilian Ambassador to Viet Nam Marco Farani made that above statement during his interview with the VGP.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro and pay a working visit to Brazil from November 16-19 at the invitation of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Farani said, the invitation addressed to Prime Minister Pham was directly formulated by the Brazilian President in September last year, during the Vietnamese leader's official visit to Brazil, and later reiterated during the visit to Viet Nam by the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira, earlier this year.

The G20 is the first forum for international economic cooperation, launched in 1999, and since then it became a great a strong mechanism for economic coordination that brings together the world's largest world economies and collaborates to strengthen, through dialogue and understanding, the global architecture. The G20 brings together 85 percent of the world's GDP, 75 percent of global trade and two thrids of the world's population.

This year, Brazil has assumed the presidency of the G20 and launched the theme "Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet", which reflects the great concern with the sustainable development of economies, and especially with the reduction of social inequalities in the world.

As the presidency of the G20, Brazil has proposed three pillars that will guide the debates during the summit including social inclusion and the fight against poverty, energy transition and sustainable development, and reform of institutions and global governance.

The Brazilian government views with great respect and admiration for Viet Nam's economic dynamism, its active insertion on the international markets with the signing of free trade agreements with several countries around the world and its positive contribution to the major issues on the international agenda.

"Viet Nam, an example of economic resilience, progress and innovation, could not fail to be present at this discussion forum", emphasized the diplomat.

He expressed his hope that Viet Nam will bring important contributions and alternatives to issues of economic and social nature that will be the core of the discussions at this summit.

Viet Nam is an example of historic resilience and reconstruction and its experience along the years may contribute with alternatives to challenges and crises that impact the economy and social development, especially in the Global South economies, noted the Ambassador.

According to Farani, Viet Nam has become one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, and a self-sufficient country in the food production, which have raised the income level of the population and engaged into efforts to overcome the energy transition process.

In the international arena, the country has participated actively in several multilateral organizations and it has been consistent on the defense of peaceful solution for conflicts based on the principles of the international law framework.

Meanwhile, it illustrates Viet Nam's commitment to issues of great importance on the international stage, such as sustainability, poverty reduction and a more equitable distribution of decision-making power in the world. The Brazilian government recognizes Viet Nam's maturity in dealing with these issues.

Strategic cooperation pillars in Viet Nam–Brazil relations

Regrading achievements in Viet Nam-Brazil relations, the Ambassador said, this year, both nations celebrate 35^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

The second visit of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to Brazil over the last two years testifies a relevant degree of progress in mutual trust built between these two countries, which reaffirmed positive prospects for deepening bilateral relations in important areas of bilateral cooperation.

The current relations between Viet Nam and Brazil have been promoted via the building up of constructive and harmonious dialogues.

More recently, the bilateral relations have reached a new momentum with the increase in the exchange of high-level visits.

A number of agreements in several cooperation areas in such areas as education, agriculture, and defense, were signed.

Multisectoral seminars were also held in the area of trade and investment while cultural activities were organized to celebrate the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties, which contributed to bringing both countries' peoples and cultures even closer.

Viet Nam and Brazil have the conditions to further enrich and diversify bilateral cooperation, stable economies and policies, a growing population, low inflation rates, high employment rates and a commitment to innovation, environmental sustainability and social inclusion.

In terms of trade, the bilateral trade hit US$7.1 billion, with prospects for reaching US$10 billion by 2030. The economies have similarities, but also a high degree of complementarity, which helps to attract entrepreneurs from various sectors and increase the prospects for new opportunities in this sector.

In the future, both countries have ample rooms to boost cooperation in three strategic sectors, including food production; energy transition and science and technology; and security and defense, highlighted the Ambassador./.