Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the expanded BRICS Summit: Conveying 3 major messages

From July 4-8, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife participated in the BRICS Summit 2025 and conducted bilateral activities in Brazil. On this occasion, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Hang gave an interview to the press about the Prime Minister's working trip.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh . Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Could you please tell us the meaning and purpose of the working trip of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife to attend the 2025 BRICS Summit and conduct bilateral activities in Brazil?

At the invitation of President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Lula da Silva, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, will attend the 2025 BRICS Summit and conduct bilateral activities in Brazil from July 4-8, 2025.
In the context of the rapidly changing world and regional situation, the Prime Minister's working trip this time, with diverse activities both bilaterally and multilaterally, will continue to concretize the important goals and tasks of Resolution No. 59-NQ/TW of the Politburo on international integration in the new situation; at the same time, practically implement the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification, being a friend, reliable partner and responsible member of the international community.
This is the first time Vietnam has participated as a Partner Country at the BRICS Summit, a multilateral cooperation mechanism between emerging economies that is increasingly influential both economically and politically. Vietnam's becoming a Partner Country of BRICS, as well as attending the Summit, affirms its role and responsible contribution to multilateral mechanisms with the desire to make efforts to contribute, enhance the voice and role of developing countries, promote international solidarity, inclusive and comprehensive multilateralism in the spirit of respecting international law as well as further deepening the cooperative relationship between Vietnam and BRICS member countries.
With the theme “Strengthening Southern Cooperation to Promote More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance”, the BRICS Summit 2025 is one of the important multilateral events, participated by about 20 high-ranking leaders of countries, the UN Secretary-General and leaders of many international organizations. With such extremely important meanings, the visit will be an opportunity for Vietnam to convey 3 major messages, specifically:
Firstly, following the vibrant high-level multilateral foreign affairs activities of the Party and State of Vietnam since the beginning of the year, the working trip is an opportunity for Vietnam to once again affirm the message of peace, stability, cooperation and development as well as Vietnam's determination and development aspirations in the new era of the nation. The theme of the Conference is issues of current concern to the international community, especially developing countries, such as strengthening multilateralism, reforming the global governance system, promoting sustainable development in all three aspects of economy, society and environment... Attending the Conference is also an opportunity for Vietnam to proactively and actively participate in the process of promoting inclusive and sustainable global governance, raising the voice of developing countries in addressing current challenges, as well as exchanging experiences, perspectives, visions, and practices on development, promoting cooperation in areas in line with our priorities and interests.
Second, from a bilateral perspective, in the context of the rapidly changing and complex world and regional situation, the visit continues to affirm that Vietnam is a “friend and reliable partner” of international friends. The Prime Minister's working trip will be an important foreign “bridge” to consolidate and enhance the good friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Brazil as well as enhance the image and position of Vietnam in the Central and South American region.
Finally, the visit is an opportunity for Vietnam to promote the diversification of economic, trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and potential regions, maximizing international resources to serve the country's development goals in the era of national development. BRICS member countries and guest countries attending the BRICS Summit are countries with comprehensive strategic partnerships, important partners and traditional friends of Vietnam. Brazil is a country with a strategic partnership, with strengths that Vietnam needs to supplement, in line with Vietnam's sustainable development orientation.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Hang. Photo: VNA

Deputy Minister, what is your assessment of the Vietnam - Brazil Strategic Partnership and your expectations for this working trip of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh?
After more than 35 years of establishing diplomatic relations, bilateral relations have been continuously strengthened and increasingly developed. Brazil is an important comprehensive strategic partner and Vietnam's largest trading partner in Latin America with two-way turnover reaching nearly 8 billion USD in 2024.
Following the success of recent high-level visits by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the occasion of attending the G20 Summit (November 2024) and the State visit to Vietnam by Brazilian President Lula da Silva (March 2025), the two sides continue to maintain and promote many bilateral dialogue mechanisms and exchanges of high-level delegations and all levels.
Other important areas of cooperation such as agriculture, energy, science and technology, environmental protection, climate change response, etc. are also of special interest to the leaders of the two countries, which are important pillars for the Action Plan to implement the Strategic Partnership between the two countries for the period 2025-2030. More specifically, the visit will be an opportunity for the two leaders to discuss major orientations to promote trade, investment and agricultural cooperation, effectively implementing the policy of market diversification, product diversification and supply chain diversification in the context of complicated global trade developments today.
I believe that the working trip to attend the 2025 BRICS Summit and conduct bilateral activities in Brazil will be successful in all aspects, leaving a good impression on Vietnam's role, position, and responsible contributions, actively contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region as well as in the world.
Thank you very much, Deputy Minister!

VNA/News and People Newspaper

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/thu-tuong-pham-minh-chinh-tham-du-hoi-nghi-thuong-dinh-brics-mo-rong-chuyen-tai-3-thong-diep-lon-20250703202506925.htm