Vietnam has joined BRICS as a partner country of the association, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, which will chair the association in 2025.
As the ministry stressed, Vietnam is now the association's tenth partner, the country “shares with BRICS members a commitment to a more inclusive and representative international order“.
“With a population of nearly 100 million and a dynamic economy that is firmly integrated into global value chains, Vietnam is an important player in Asia“, the text notes.
Brazil assumed the BRICS presidency on January 1. In 2024 Russia presided over the association, and the key event during its presidency was the summit in Kazan on October 22-24, where it was decided to create the category of partner countries. The first partners were Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan. Indonesia was also initially announced as a BRICS partner, but on January 6, Brazilian authorities announced that the country was now a full member of the community.
On January 17, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry announced that Nigeria would join BRICS as a partner.
The key event during Brazil's BRICS presidency will be the community's summit in Rio de Janeiro from July 6 to 7.