President Nguyen Minh Triet and his visiting Brazilian guest, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, witnessed July 10 the singing of four significant cooperation documents, local media said.
They include a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the establishment of an Intergovernmental Joint Committee, a bilateral Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation, an MoU on fighting poverty and a MoU on sports Cooperation between Vietnam&rsquos Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism and Brazil&rsquos Ministry of Sports.
Earlier, the two leaders discussed measures to boost the bilateral relations as well as international issues in common concern.
The Vietnamese president affirmed his country wanted to enhance multifaceted ties with Latin American nation, particularly in economy, trade, investment, oil and gas, fisheries, education, health and poverty reduction.
The Brazilian president, in reply, said the two nations have targeted to raise bilateral trade to US$1 billion by 2010 and the figure will probably be higher if the two sides take advantage of every cooperation opportunities for long-term benefits.
The two leaders reached an agreement on continuing to enhance bilateral cooperation in international organizations and multilateral forums such as the UN, the WTO, the Non-Aligned Movement and the forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation.
Triet said Vietnam supported Brazil in its bid for non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council in 2010.
They also agreed on the necessity to urgently reconsider the world&rsquos food production tem, as well as to soon complete the WTO Doha Round negotiations.
President Luiz later met with top leaders of Vietnamese Government, Communist Party and National Assembly, General Vo Nguyen Giap.
&ldquoI could not leave Vietnam without visiting the general,&rdquo Lula told him at his French colonial mansion in Hanoi, where Giap presented him with a copy of &ldquoUnforget Years and Months,&rdquo one of his many historical memoires.
The PM Dung told the guest would favorable conditions for Brazilian businesses to invest long-term in Vietnam and expect Brazil to help Vietnam with coffee planting and processing as well as bio-energy development.
The Brazilian president and his delegation of 16 leading firms also atted a &ldquoVietnam-Brazil economic conference: Building new partnership&rdquo.
Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai told the conference Brazil currently ranks 65th among nations and territories investing in the country. (Labor, VNS, VOV News)
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