Mexico–Vietnam relations
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Mexico–Vietnam relations are the diplomatic relations between Mexico and Vietnam. Both nations are members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Forum of East Asia-Latin America Cooperation and the United Nations.
History[edit]
Mexico and Vietnam are two nations that share a common history in the fact that both nations at one time were under the influence of the Second French Empire: the colony of French Indochina (including Vietnam) and the French-backed Second Mexican Empire.[1] In 1945, Vietnam declared independence from France and soon Vietnam entered into the First Indochina War (1946-1954) and then the Vietnam War (1955-1975). During the Vietnam war, Mexico remained neutral. After the war ended in April 1975, both nations soon established diplomatic relations with each other that same year.[2] Later that same year, Vietnam opened an embassy in Mexico City and Mexico followed suit by opening an embassy in Hanoi in 1976; however, Mexico closed its embassy in 1980 due to financial reasons. Mexico re-opened its embassy in October 2000.[2]
In 1979, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Văn Đồng paid an official visit to Mexico. In 2011, Mexico unveiled a statue of Chairman Ho Chi Minh in Mexico City.[3] In 2015, both nations celebrated 40 years of diplomatic relations.[4] In November 2017, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto paid a visit to Vietnam to attend the APEC summit in Da Nang and met with President Trần Đại Quang.[5]
In March 2023, Mexico Foreign Undersecretary, Carmen Moreno Toscano, paid a visit to Vietnam and met with her counterpart to attend a bilateral political consultation between both nations and to discuss the political, economic and cooperation between Mexico and Vietnam.[6]
High-level visits[edit]
High-level visits from Mexico to Vietnam[5]
- President Enrique Peña Nieto (2017)
- Foreign Undersecretary Carmen Moreno Toscano (2023)
High-level visits from Vietnam to Mexico
- Prime Minister Phạm Văn Đồng (1979)
- First Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (2001)
- Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải (2002)
Bilateral agreements[edit]
Both nations have signed several bilateral agreements such as an Agreement on the suppression of Visa Requirements for Official and Diplomatic Passport Holders of both nations (2002); Memorandum of Understanding for the Establishment of a Mechanism of Consultations and an Agreement of Educational and Cultural Cooperation (2002); Agreement on Technical and Scientific Cooperation (2011); Agreement in Agriculture and Forestry (2011) and an Agreement on Economic, Trade and Investment Cooperation (2016).[7]
Trade relations[edit]
In 2018, two-way trade between both nations amounted to US$4 billion.[8] Mexico's main exports to Vietnam include: shrimp, lobsters, calamari, tractors, flour, meat, and alcohol (beer). Vietnam's main exports to Mexico include: electronics, electrical circuits and textiles.[7] Vietnam is Mexico's 12th largest trading partner in the Asia-Pacific region. Both nations have worked closely as founding members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Resident diplomatic missions[edit]
- Mexico has an embassy in Hanoi.[9]
- Vietnam has an embassy in Mexico City.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ French Colonial Empires
- ^ a b History of bilateral relations between Mexico and Vietnam (in Spanish)
- ^ Monumento a Ho Chi Minh, sinónimo de libertad (in Spanish)
- ^ México y Viet nam conmemoran 40 años de relaciones diplomáticas (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Peña Nieto llega a Vietnam para cumbre de APEC (in Spanish)
- ^ La subsecretaria de Relaciones Exteriores realiza visita de trabajo a Viet Nam (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Bilateral relations between Mexico and Vietnam (in Spanish)
- ^ "Mexican Ministry of the Economy: Vietnam (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ Embassy of Mexico in Hanoi
- ^ Embassy of Vietnam in Mexico City