🚨🇻🇳 VIETNAM #JOINS BRICS AS 'PARTNER COUNTRY'
🔹Vietnam formally admitted as 10th BRICS “partner country.”
🔹Gains access to BRICS summits and talks, but not full membership.
🔹Brazil (2025 chair) praised Vietnam’s role in Asia and South-South ties.
🔹BRICS now includes major members: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa + Egypt, Iran, UAE, Ethiopia, Indonesia.
🔹Other partners: Belarus, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, more.
-Reuters, June 13, 2025