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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

Early in July 2022, Tran Huyen Trang, a girl born in 1993 in Phu Tho province, visited the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan – the 82nd country in her 10-year journey to explore the world. “I have gone on different trips; the longest lasted 10 days, and the shortest only 1.5 days. Regardless of the duration, each trip brings me invaluable experiences and gives me greater motivation to travel the world,” Huyen Trang says. Currently, Huyen Trang is working at Emirates, one of the most luxurious airlines on the planet. For work-related reasons, she has lived in Dubai (UAE) for 8 years. Huyen Trang experiences wearing traditional costumes and staying in a mobile wooden tent of the Kyrgyz nomads (Photo: Tran Huyen Trang). First overseas trip Ever since childhood, Huyen Trang has harbored the dream of visiting different cities and countries around the world that she has only seen on television or in books. At the age of 19, during her freshman year at the Portuguese langu

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Luding county in Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Southwest China’s Sichuan province at 12:52 p.m. on September 5, killing 65 people. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) A strong earthquake shook a mountainous, steep-sloped area in southwestern China on Monday, and local government agencies said on Tuesday morning that at least 65 people had been killed and more than 250 others were injured. At least 12 people were said to be missing. According to Vietnam ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on September 6, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent a telegram extending his sympathy to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang over the losses of human lives and property due to the earthquake on September 5 in China. The same day, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son also sent condolences to Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The China Earthquake Networks Center initially estimated that the quake, which struck shortly after noon, had a magnitude

Mindful of the increasing threat posed by the misuse of new and emerging technologies, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) has decided to hold a special meeting on this theme, with the support of its Executive Directorate (CTED), in India on October 29, 2022. The special meeting will specifically focus on three significant areas where emerging technologies are experiencing rapid development and growing use by Member States including for security and counter-terrorism purposes, and increasing threat of abuse for terrorism purposes. These three significant areas are the Internet and social media, terrorism financing, and unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Although it does not happen frequently, this will not be the first time the Counter-Terrorism Committee meets outside of New York – but the seventh time. The most recent special meeting of the CTC outside of United Nations headquarters took place in Madrid, Spain, in July 2015, focusing on for