Brazil sanguine on huge potential for cooperation with Vietnam
VOV.VN - Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Luciana Santos highlighted Vietnam as an attractive destination for foreign businesses operating in chip and semiconductor manufacturing and underscored the great potential for cooperation between the two countries at a recent working session with Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil Bui Van Nghi.
The meeting saw the Ambassador affirm that science and technology co-operation is one of the priority areas between the two countries, especially telecommunications, high technology, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence (AI), big data, quantum science, aerospace, and aircraft.
Ambassador Nghi underlined the need to establish and put into operation the Joint Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation of the two countries as part of efforts to further foster bilateral ties.
The Vietnamese diplomat also expressed a keen desire to learn from Brazil's experience in ethanol biotechnology, the agricultural processing industry, mining, climate change response, and space technology in the near future.
Amid the Vietnamese side launching a regional development strategy and promoting tourism, Ambassador Nghi highly appreciated Brazilian aviation technology, including a narrow-body aircraft produced by Embraer which is suitable for Vietnam's air transport and tourism development needs.
He also noted that the nation has sent messages of condolences to the Presidential Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Rio Grande do Sul state government and the families of the victims of the current historic flood in Brazil that caused great damage to people, property, and infrastructure facilities.
The Government and people of Vietnam always pay attention to and stand alongside Brazilian friends during this difficult time, Ambassador Nghi emphasized.
For her part, Minister Santos affirmed that Vietnam is a country that boasts strong growth and great potential for co-operation in science and technology.
Science, technology, and innovation are one of the foreign policy priorities of President Lula da Silva's administration, with Brazil making every effort to fast-track the implementation of agreements signed with Vietnam.
As planned, a delegation of Brazilian experts will come to work with the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology at the end of this month, she added.
Minister Santos also outlined her positive impression of Vietnamese scientific and technological development achievements through her working visit to the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology in November, 2023.
