Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Chairman of Embraer Group

On the afternoon of March 29, receiving Mr. Francisco Gomes Neto, Chairman of the Embraer Group of Brazil, who is accompanying the business delegation of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on an official visit to Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that Embraer cooperate with Vietnamese partners to develop Vietnam's aviation industry.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives President and CEO of Embraer Group Francisco Gomes Neto. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Embraer Aerospace Corporation is a state-owned corporation with 51% of shares owned by the Brazilian Government. Embraer is currently one of the leading aircraft manufacturing corporations in the world . In 2024, Embraer will have about 24,000 employees, operating in 80 countries around the world, with revenue of about 6.4 billion USD.

During his official visit to Brazil in September 2023, the Prime Minister visited the Embraer aircraft manufacturing plant and worked with President Francisco Gomes Neto in Brazil. On the occasion of attending the G20 Summit in Brazil in November 2024, the Prime Minister received the Global Vice President of Embraer Group. Currently, Embraer and Vietnamese airlines are promoting aircraft purchase contracts.

Pleased to meet again with Mr. Francisco Gomes Neto, President of Embraer Group, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hopes that Embraer's relationship with Vietnam will become increasingly closer and more effective, in the spirit of unlimited cooperation between the two countries.

The Prime Minister said that with a dynamically developing economy, Vietnam currently has great potential and growing demand in the aviation sector; identifying the aviation and aerospace industry as playing an important role in exploiting new development spaces, including outer space.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives President and CEO of Embraer Group Francisco Gomes Neto. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Therefore, the Prime Minister suggested that Embraer cooperate with Vietnamese partners to produce aviation equipment, contributing to the development of the aviation industry through the transfer of modern technology, training of high-quality human resources, technical support and experience exchange.

Along with that, cooperate to provide aircraft at preferential prices, cooperate to build aircraft maintenance and repair service centers; research and develop renewable and sustainable aviation fuel, implement emission reduction measures, and promote greening of the aviation industry.

The Prime Minister requested relevant agencies and partners to promptly carry out procedures in accordance with regulations to effectively implement projects, contributing to concretizing high-level agreements during President Lula da Silva's visit to Vietnam, making the aviation industry a breakthrough cooperation field in the bilateral relationship in the coming time; affirming that the Vietnamese Government is committed to always accompanying and sharing with businesses, ensuring that businesses operate legally, healthily and effectively.

Thanking Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for taking the time to meet him; and agreeing with the Prime Minister's opinion, Mr. Francisco Gomes Neto said that Embraer highly appreciated the cooperation opportunity and was very pleased to contribute to the development of Vietnam; wanted to introduce modern aircraft lines as well as cooperate in deploying aviation services.

Informing the Prime Minister about activities and exchanges with Vietnamese partners during the visit, the Embraer Chairman said he is ready to work with Vietnamese partners to promote cooperation in the areas mentioned by the Prime Minister.

VNA

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