Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrives in Hanoi, starting a State visit to Vietnam

Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy welcomed Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi.

 

Welcoming the delegation at Noi Bai International Airport were: Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet; Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Duong Duc Tuan; Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil Bui Van Nghi.

Accompanying President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were: President of the Federal Senate and National Assembly Davi Alcolumbre; President of the Chamber of Deputies Hugo Motta; Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira; Minister of Transport Renan Filho; Minister of Ports and Airports Silvio Costa Filho; Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Carlos Faváro; Minister of Education Camilo Santana; Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira; Minister of Communications Juscelino Filho; Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Luciana Santos; Minister of Environment and Climate Change Marina Silva; Minister of Integration and Regional Development Waldez Góes; Minister of the Office of Institutional Security of the Presidential Palace Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos; Brazilian Ambassador to Vietnam Marco Farani.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrives in Hanoi, starting a state visit to Vietnam. (Photo: Pham Kien/VNA)

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was born on October 27, 1945, in the city of Garanhuns, Pernambuco state. From 1959 to 1965, he worked as a mechanic and lathe worker in São Paulo. In 1966, he began participating in the trade union movement at the Villares Group in São Paulo state, a leading enterprise in the Brazilian metallurgical industry. In 1969, he was elected as an alternate member of the Executive Committee of the Metallurgical Workers' Union. In 1972, he was elected as First Secretary of the Metallurgical Workers' Union. In 1975, he was elected President of the Metallurgical Workers' Union and was re-elected to that position in 1978.

In February 1980, he founded the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT) on the basis of bringing together union members, intellectuals, politicians, representatives of social movements, including religious leaders and farmers.

In the same year, he was imprisoned for 31 days by the Brazilian Military Government along with several union leaders due to a strike by metallurgical workers. He served as President of the PT Party from its founding until 1988.

In August 1983, he co-founded the trade union organization “The Only Center of Workers - CUT”. In 1986, he was elected to the House of Representatives and participated in the Constituent Assembly...

Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy welcomed Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi. (Photo: Pham Kien/VNA)

In October 2002, he was elected President of Brazil for the first term (January 2003-January 2007) as a candidate of the Left Alliance. From October 2006-December 2010, he was elected President of Brazil for the second term (January 2007-December 2010). In November 2022, he was elected President of Brazil for the third term (January 2023-January 2027).

From January 1, 2023 to present, he is the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

President Lula da Silva is the first foreign head of state to pay a state visit to Vietnam in 2025. This is also the second time President Lula da Silva has visited Vietnam as head of state of Brazil, after the first time in 2008.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil Bui Van Nghi said that this visit took place in the context of the Vietnam-Brazil relationship being upgraded to a strategic partnership on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024.

This upgrading of relations demonstrates the strong, substantive and effective development of the bilateral relationship, marking a qualitative leap forward in political and foreign relations between the two countries.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrives in Hanoi, starting a state visit to Vietnam. (Photo: Pham Kien/VNA)

Brazilian Ambassador to Vietnam Marco Farani said that President Lula's visit will emphasize the complementarity between the two countries, the important role of the two countries' economies in key areas such as agriculture, science-technology and innovation, and expand new channels of cooperation in trade, economy and investment.

In addition, the visit promotes deeper interactions in the field of people-to-people diplomacy. This visit also marks an important step forward in bilateral relations and dialogue between the two countries.

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