Ahead of the BRICS summit in Brazil there is increasing newsflow on the widening of the array of emerging market economies that are raising their level of cooperation with the BRICS grouping. According to Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign affairs, one such economy is Vietnam that has become a member of the BRICS partnership belt in mid-June 2025[1] – this was later confirmed by Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign affairs[2]. Vietnam has participated in the BRICS+ outreach meetings in 2024 and has ...
