17 European films are set to be introduced to local audiences during the European Film Festival which will get underway in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, and Da Lat from May 19.

Vietnam and Brazil will have many opportunities to step up trade and investment ties in such spheres as energy, technology, agriculture and aviation, Eden Clabuchar Martingo, who is in charge of trade affairs at the Brazilian Embassy in Vietnam, told the Vietnam Times.