Trade, Culture – Sport – Tourism Should Be Focused in Cooperation with Brazil
Nguyen Van Kien, Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam -Brazil Friendship and Cooperation Association, former Ambassador of Vietnam to Brazil. – As the former Ambassador of Vietnam to Brazil, in your opinion, what strengths and areas can help develop bilateral relations? Over more than 33 years since Vietnam and Brazil signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations (May 8, 1989), especially since May 2007 when the two countries established a comprehensive partnership framework, the relationship between the two countries has continuously developed positively and effectively. One of the brightest marks in that relationship is trade. Trade turnover between the two countries has grown rapidly in recent times. In 1989, the two countries’ trade turnover was only USD 16 million. In 2021 it rose to USD 6.35 billion, an increase of nearly 400 times. Brazil has become Vietnam ’s largest trading partner in South America, and Vietnam is Brazil’s largest trading partner in