|
|
|
Lấy về từ / captured from:
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn |
|
|
|
Lấy về từ / captured from:
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn |
|
| ||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/2004-09/07/Comment.htm Viet Nam News interviews Brazil’s ambassador to Viet Nam, Alcides G. R. Prates, as Brazil celebrates its independence day on Tuesday. How are relations between Viet Nam and Brazil progressing? Political relations between Brazil and Viet Nam both on bilateral and multilateral levels remain excellent. In November, there will be a very important visit from Viet Nam to Brazil. In the multilateral arenas we have co-operated and mutually supported each other. The number of Vietnamese visiting Brazil for seminars, exhibitions and similar events is increasing, and more Brazilians are also coming to Viet Nam. As far as economic relations are concerned, bilateral trade increased by only 10 per cent in 2003; however, it had almost doubled in the first three months of this year. Bilateral trade was US$47.1 million in 2003 and $22.9 million in the first quarter of 2004, although we have reasons to believe growth will remain steady. Some initiatives should be noted, such as the demonstration flight of Brazil’s regional jet EMBRAER 170 last April in Ha Noi for Vietnam Airlines management and guests. We are preparing for a visit by the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry to Brazil later this year, which should represent a boost for future relations. Our embassy has also launched a webpage as a useful tool to better understand Brazil: www.brazil.org.vn that I hope your readers access.
Viet Nam has been successful in its poverty reduction programmes. How important is this policy for Brazil ? Very important, so much so that our President, along with the presidents of France and Chile and the UN Secretary-General, have promoted a meeting of world leaders in New York on September 20 to intensify the struggle against poverty and hunger. About 50 heads of state and government have already confirmed participation. The Bangkok Conference on HIV/AIDS held in July addressed problems developing countries face with spiralling HIV/AIDS infections, including reducing the burden of high-cost medicines and possibly producing less-expensive antiretrovirals. How do you evaluate the results of the conference? HIV/AIDS is a matter of the gravest concern, particularly for developing countries, since they have insufficient financial means to fight it. The Bangkok conference was a major world event to call attention to the fearful situation represented by the fact that decisions taken by governments, the World Health Organisation and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are failing to produce satisfactory results, in so far as access to medicines is concerned. Brazil already produces generic drugs for its governmental programme offering free medicines for any HIV-positive person who may request them. Even so, the costs are very high and especially so for those few medicines we have to import. We are continuously negotiating with foreign laboratories to lower the costs. All governments must continue to work together to prevent the spread of the disease and treat patients. Prevention and treatment are part of the same strategy in Brazil’s approach. Brazil has offered Viet Nam technical support to combat AIDS, and I believe before the end of this year a Vietnamese team will visit Brazil to learn from our experience, which is recognised as successful. The Vietnamese delegation will also share with us lessons learned here. Brazil and Viet Nam are among countries cited in a lawsuit by the US shrimp industry for allegedly dumping on US market. How can Viet Nam, Brazil and other defendants work together to protect rights of developing countries? Brazil and Viet Nam worked together in this case and the co-operation was very useful. In my view, our joint action helped to raise awareness of important sectors in the United States that the duties will be harmful to them. Joint resistance is fundamental to contain the excesses of protectionism now and in the future, and this can only be done through political co-ordination and mustering as much support as possible. An "anti-dumping" case is not necessarily wrong and often the legal proceedings can re-establish rationality. What steps has Brazil taken to protect its shrimp export industry? If the Government of Brazil is convinced the application of duties is damaging, we have recourse to the WTO dispute settlement system, where Brazil has had rewarding results when its interests were adversely affected. Viet Nam is seeking to become a WTO member by 2005. Can you comment on the efforts Viet Nam is making? I am better informed about Brazil’s bilateral negotiation with Viet Nam than about Viet Nam’s negotiations with the working group as a whole. Brazil plans to accelerate bilateral negotiations with Viet Nam, as the Vietnamese Government desired. As ambassador in Ha Noi, I would be among those who would most welcome an early settlement, and I will do everything within my modest reach for that to happen. I see no reason for Viet Nam not to be able to join the next WTO conference in 2005. The Vietnamese Government has shown it has the will and technical capacity to fulfil the WTO’s essential requirements. You are an avid reader about Viet Nam. What do you think of Vietnamese literature? I have read a lot about Viet Nam. Unfortunately, since I still have not mastered the Vietnamese language, I either have to read books written by foreigners or rely on translations, which limits my scope somewhat. In regard to Vietnamese literature, I have read some of the old classics, like "Lament of the Soldier’s Wife" and modern ones, like "Diary of a Cricket" and "Sorrow of War". I am very fond of the folk tales, like "The Story of the Betel (Leaf) and the Areca Nut" and Trang Qynh’s stories. Of course, I have dissected President Ho Chi Minh’s "Prison Diary", which is one of the few Vietnamese books translated into Portuguese in Brazil. I know it was originally written in Chinese, but it is a very Vietnamese book, I am sure you agree. I also read the Sunday Viet Nam News’ short stories and keep "Through Viet Nam’s Eyes", a compilation of short stories published by your paper in 2001 nearby. These stories contain a wealth of information about present concerns and values in Vietnamese society. — VNS
|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/2004-11/25/Stories/01.htm HA NOI — President Tran Duc Luong has just concluded official visits to Argentina, Brazil and Chile, where he expressed his hopes for continuing friendship and co-operation between Viet Nam and the three South American nations. In an interview with the press, President Luong said this was the first visit by a Vietnamese head of State to Argentina and Chile and the second in nine years to Brazil. Brazilian, Chilean and Argentine leaders affirmed Viet Nam’s role and position and vowed to forge closer ties with Viet Nam. All three nations
expressed their wishes for Viet Nam’s early admission to the WTO and
their support for Viet Nam in becoming a non-permanent member of the
United Nations Security Council for the 2008-09 term, Luong said. "Apart from
informing one another of conditions in their respective countries and
exchanging opinions on international and regional issues of common
concern, we focused our discussions on concrete measures to step up and
expand bilateral comprehensive co-operation, particularly in
economic-commercial and scientific-technological areas," Luong
said. Viet Nam also reached agreements with the three countries on concluding bilateral talks on Viet Nam’s membership in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Viet Nam and Brazil agreed to exempt visa requirements for diplomatic passport holders and provide one another with Most Favoured Nation status in trade. Viet Nam inked an agreement on fisheries co-operation and a letter of negotiation intent for the future signing of a framework agreement on scientific and technological co-operation with Chile. The Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry also signed co-operation agreements with its Brazilian and Argentine counterparts. The president said his State visits to Argentina, Brazil and Chile represented an advancement in Viet Nam’s open foreign policy of multilateralisation and diversification in the spirit of partnership with all nations to promote peace, co-operation and development. They also reflected the country’s efforts to actively integrate itself into the global economy. He said Brazil, Chile and Argentina are large countries which lead Latin America in economic development and scientific and technological standards, especially in mining, metallurgy, machinery manufacturing and biology. These countries’
agriculture, livestock breeding, aquaculture and aquatic produce have
also developed. Viet Nam should learn from their experiences to promote
its own industrialisation and modernisation. The governments and business communities in the three countries said that they would boost their inquiries into market and investment opportunities in Viet Nam, and promote trade activities to increase two-way trade values, President Luong said. — VNS |
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
Brazil, VNcommitted to
trade President Tran Duc Luong and Brazilian President Luis Inacio da Silva voiced their determination during a meeting in Brazil to further expand bilateral co-operation regarding trade, science, technology and investment. After the talks, the presidents witnessed the signing of notes on the abolition of visa requirements for diplomatic passport holders from both countries; and the signing of a reciprocal Most-Favoured Nation agreement between Viet Nam and Brazil. Also on this occasion, Viet Nam and Brazil concluded bilateral negotiations on Viet Nam’s accession to the WTO |
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/2004-11/18/Stories/02.htmFriday
,
vember 19, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil — President Tran Duc Luong met with Sao Paulo mayor Geraldo Alckmin after he arrived in Brazil on Monday. Luong spoke with local business people and witnessed the signing ceremony of a co-operation agreement between the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the National Industrial Federation of Brazil. President Luong is in Brazil as part of a series of official friendship visits to Brazil, Chile and Argentina. He will also attend the 12th summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC), which will be held from November 20-21 in Chile. — VNS |
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/2004-02/05/Stories/06.htm
HA NOI — Vietnamese officials are strengthening the country’s ties with the Republic of Korea and Brazil. A delegation from the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee led by chairwoman Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu visited the Republic of Korea from January 27 until February 4. The delegation held discussions with the Korean National Assembly’s committees for health and welfare, labour, and environment and the ministries of health and welfare, and labour. It went to a social affairs research institute to learn more about social issues, gender equality and community health care, among others. It also visited the homes and job sites of Vietnamese workers in the country. Meanwhile, a delegation led by Nguyen Ngoc Tran, vice-chairman of the National Assembly’s External Relations Committee, visited Brazil from January 27-30. President of Lower House Joao Paulo Cunha received the delegation. He praised Viet Nam’s struggle for independence and its achievements during the renewal process. Cunha said he hoped to improve the ties between the countries and their legislative bodies. The delegation also met with the chairman of the Brazilian Senate’s External Relations Committees, the leaders of the Parliamentarians’ Group for Friendship with Viet Nam and officials from the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Environment. The delegation sent regards from National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An to Cunha and invited him to visit Viet Nam. — VNS |
||||||||
|
|
