Inner Sanctum: Brazil is not widely known in Việt Nam beyond the Amazon, samba, carnival, and football. Brazil is Việt Nam's largest trading partner in Latin America and the second-largest in the Americas. Việt Nam's exports to Brazil include components, computers, electronic products, vehicles, spare parts, iron and steel, footwear, textiles, and seafood. On December 12, 2023, before I left Việt Nam, I had a last-minute meeting with Celso Amorim, senior advisor to the President of Brazil, to discuss the upcoming visit to Việt Nam in May 2024 by the President of Brazil. The Brazil Film Week in Việt Nam and the Việt Nam Film Week in Brazil, as well as exhibitions of paintings and photographs, are also planned for this year.
