Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh leaves Hanoi for the expanded BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia. Photo: VNA

Prime Minister Chinh's attendance at the two-day summit demonstrates Vietnam's role and responsibility in multilateral mechanisms, and its promotion of the cooperative relationship with Russia.

The Prime Minister will meet and work with senior leaders and representatives of major economic corporations of Russia.

This year’s summit will feature a plenary session themed "BRICS and the Global South: Building a Better World Together".

Leaders will discuss economic connectivity between BRICS and Global South countries to strengthen new growth drivers such as the digital economy, green economy, circular economy, sci-tech and innovation.

Other topics include creating a balanced, effective and inclusive global governance ecosystem that heightens the role and voice of developing countries.