Buenos Aires, July 6 -- Brazilian newspapers have given wide coverage of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Rio de Janeiro during his visit to the South American nation to attend the expanded BRICS summit.

According to the Brazilian government-run Planalto news site, during their talks on July 5 (local time), PM Chinh and President Lula da Silva celebrated the excellent status of the bilateral relations as well as the progress made since the latter's state visit to Hanoi last April.

The report noted that both leaders welcomed the first Brazilian shipment of beef to Vietnam and Vietnam's inaugural export of tilapia to Brazil. PM Chinh highlighted the importance of Brazi...