Rio de Janeiro, July 7 -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Jin Liqun, President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6 (local time), on the sidelines of the expanded BRICS summit.

PM Chinh highly appreciated the contributions made by the AIIB and Jin himself over the past decade to Vietnam's development. He affirmed that Vietnam values its partnership with the AIIB and will continue to actively participate in the bank's suitable cooperation initiatives.

Sharing Vietnam's current development orientations and policies, the PM emphasised the country's high priority on achieving economic growth of 8% in 2025 and sustaining double-digit gr...