President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will pay a state visit to Vietnam from March 27-29, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on March 23.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on June 18 that he has expressed the country’s wish to join the intergovernmental organisation BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.