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Vietnam, Brazil promote cooperation in potential fields (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, Brazil promote cooperation in potential fields

Vietnam has always considered Brazil as a major and important partner in South America, with bilateral trade reaching 7.11 billion USD in 2023, Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil Bui Van Nghi affirmed.

During a meeting with Wilson Miranda Lima, Governor of the northern state of Amazonas, Ambassador Nghi emphasized that Vietnam is one of Brazil's significant trade partners and the two countries have ample room to enhance exchanges in various fields, including politics, diplomacy, trade and investment, science and technology, innovation, agriculture and agricultural processing, climate change mitigation, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges.

The Vietnamese ambassador expressed his hope that the two countries will continue to support each other's socio-economic development and closely coordinate at international organizations and multilateral forums.

For his part, Governor Lima highlighted that the state of Amazonas and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) share many climatic similarities, and he affirmed that Amazonas will facilitate businesses interested in cooperation in this region, cited VNA.

In a working session with the Vietnamese ambassador, General Director of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) Everton Rabelo Cordeiro praised the high quality of rubber trees grown in Vietnam and suggested that Vietnam needs to preserve this valuable genetic resource. He also introduced the economic value of the Amazonian peach palm, which has high productivity and can thrive in barren lands.

Ambassador Nghi agreed that this plant is well suited to the climate, soil, and needs of Vietnam, and he looked forward to cooperating with Brazil in cultivating this crop.

During discussions with the Fiocruz Research Agency, a prominent center for biological science research and development in Brazil, Ambassador Nghị proposed exchanges between Fiocruz and the National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology, and Entomology, the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center, and the Institute of Tropical Biology in the research of vaccines for malaria, dengue fever, and other tropical diseases.

The ambassador’s visit to Amazonas was part of the diplomatic activities of the ASEAN Committee in Brazil. Amazonas is Brazil's largest state, located in the north of the country and covered by the Amazon rainforest, with an extremely diverse ecosystem.

Vietnam attends meeting marking 45 years of Nicaraguan Revolution

A Vietnamese delegation led by Nguyen Minh Tam, deputy head of the Party Central Committee Commission for Foreign Affairs, took part in activities marking 45 years of the Nicaraguan Revolution in capital Managua (July 19).

More than 700 international delegates from political parties and socio-political organizations of 17 countries around the world attended the ceremony, demonstrating their support and solidarity with the Nicaraguan Revolution.

In their speeches, President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo reviewed the historical tradition of the revolutionary struggle to gain power, while highlighting national achievements in building and developing the country under the leadership of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, according to VOV.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega meets Nguyen Minh Tam, deputy head of the Party Central Committee Commission for Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, on the sidelines of the ceremony marking 45 years of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.

The Sandinista National Liberation Front affirmed that it would continue to strengthen its force, and renovate and promote its comprehensive leadership role in the new situation, with a focus on attaching importance to political - ideological work and raising awareness of the masses about the revolutionary cause.

It thanked international mainstream parties for their solidarity with the Nicaraguan Revolution, and at the same time, proposed measures to prevent sabotage plots by hostile forces.

During his stay, Vietnamese officials had meetings with President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo, National Assembly President Gustavo Porras, Foreign Minister Denis Ronaldo and a number of ministers in charge of Nicaragua’s economy, investment and trade.

The Nicaraguan leaders highly appreciated the Vietnamese delegation’s visit, considering this a great source of encouragement and support for the Sandinista National Liberation Front and the Nicaraguan revolution, as well as a vivid demonstration of the traditional solidarity, friendship and cooperation between the two Parties and countries.

On this occasion, the President and other leaders of Nicaragua sent their deepest condolences to the Party, State and people of Vietnam over the recent passing of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.

Tam for his part congratulated Nicaragua on the achievements it has recorded over the years, and expressed his belief that under the leadership of the Sandinista National Liberation Front headed by President Ortega and the strong support of the people, Nicaragua would overcome all difficulties and challenges and continue to develop and enhance its role in the international arena.

The two sides informed each other about the development policy line of each party and each country, and discussed some directions to promote cooperative relations between the two Parties and countries in the coming time.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is a great friend of Russia

During a live broadcast on Russia’s Channel 1 (Perviy Kanal) on July 19, political researcher Vyacheslav Nikonov, former Deputy of the State Duma of Russia, affirmed that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is a "great friend of Russia."

Vyacheslav Nikonov expressed his condolences on the passing of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong, NDO reported.

A screenshot of the live broadcast on Russia’s Channel 1 on July 19.

The political researcher emphasised: “Today, I received sad news from Vietnam. General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong has passed away. He had also served as the President of Vietnam. President of Russia Vladimir Putin met him during his recent state visit to this country. We extend our most sincere condolences to our Vietnamese friends.”

Vyacheslav Nikonov concluded that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was truly a great friend of Russia who made significant contributions to the development of relations between the Russian Federation and Vietnam. He bid farewell to comrade Nguyen Phu Trong.

Geneva Agreement a great source of inspiration for national liberation worldwide: ambassador

The Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam was a great source of inspiration and support for the struggles for national liberation around the world, said Ambassador Mai Phan Dung.

The Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and other international organizations in Geneva made the comment during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the agreement (July 21, 1954 - 2024).

He affirmed that the agreement was an important milestone in the country’s diplomatic history and was the essence of the Vietnamese revolution’s glorious struggle. Together with the Dien Bien Phu Victory earlier the same year, the signing of the Geneva Agreement successfully wrapped up the resistance war against the French colonialists and put an end to the rule of the old colonialism in Vietnam.

With this significance, the deal also became a great source of inspiration and support for the struggles for national liberation across the five continents, for independence, freedom, peace, democracy, progress, and social equality around the globe, Dung went on.

Talking about the agreement’s role in the resistance wars against the French colonialists and US imperialists, the ambassador said the deal heralded a new strategic period of Vietnam’s revolution which was concurrently building socialism in the North and conducting the people’s national democratic revolution in the South to fully achieve the goal of national independence, reunification, and the entire country jointly building socialism, cited VNA.

On July 20, 1954, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Ta Quang Buu, on behalf of the Vietnamese Government and the High Command of the Vietnam People's Army, signed the Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam. After that, the agreements on the cessation of hostilities in Laos and Cambodia were also signed. (File photo: VNA)

The negotiation and signing of the 1954 Geneva Agreement created a prerequisite for the Vietnamese people to realize the aspiration for peace, independence, reunification, and prosperous development, he remarked.

Dung attributed Vietnam’s victory at the Geneva conference to the right revolutionary path and the clear-sighted leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, who turned the goodwill, the love for peace, and the motto of friendship in settling international relations, which are the tradition and characteristic of the Vietnamese people, into the foundation and path to the conference and the agreement.

The 1954 Geneva conference was the first large multilateral event Vietnam had attended to negotiate and sign an international treaty with all big countries, and also to proactively protect and exercise its interests. At the meeting, to end the war in a manner and at a point of time most favorable for the country, with support from the triumphs in the battlefield, particularly the Dien Bien Phu Victory, the Vietnamese diplomacy affirmed the wisdom, mettle, and character of a nation with millennium-long culture and the stature of an independent, sovereign, and peace-loving country, according to the diplomat.

Seventy years have passed, but the negotiation, signing, and enforcement of the Geneva Agreement still left valuable lessons for national construction, defense, and development, Dung went on, calling it a precious handbook on the principles, methods, and art of diplomacy in the Ho Chi Minh era.

Tropical depression strengthens into storm, heavy rain expected

A tropical depression in the waters of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago gained its strength into a tropical storm on July 21 morning, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

At 07:00 a.m. the storm was located in the northern part of the Paracel archipelago, packing winds of 74kph near its center.

In the next 24 hours, the storm is anticipated to move north-west at a speed of 10-15kph and make landfall over China’s Hainan island.

It will weaken into a tropical depression and make another landfall over China’s Guangxi province on July 23.

As soon as it makes further inland, the storm will continue to lose its strength and dissipate over the southern part of Guangxi, VOV reported.

The second tropical storm in the East Sea is moving towards the southern part of China.

Tracking the course of the storm, meteorologists said it would also hit the northern part of Vietnam on July 23.

Due to its impact, northern and north-central localities are likely to endure a long spell of heavy rain from July 22-24.

The storm will dump heavy rain of between 100-200mm or more in northern coastal provinces plus Thanh Hoa province, warned the meteorologists.

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