SAO PAULO (Reuters) -- Vietnam has been formally admitted as a "partner country" of the BRICS group of major emerging economies, Brazil's government said on Friday, as the bloc presses ahead with an expansion push.
International relations
Vietnam admitted as BRICS 'partner country,' Brazil says
Southeast Asian nation joins Malaysia, Thailand in receiving this status
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a BRICS Sherpas Meeting in Brasilia in February. © Reuters
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