Mexico–Vietnam relations

Mexico–Vietnam relations
Map indicating locations of Mexico and Vietnam

Mexico
Vietnam

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]

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto arriving to Vietnam; November 2017.

High-level visits from Mexico to Vietnam[5]

High-level visits from Vietnam to Mexico

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.

Embassy of Vietnam in Mexico City

Resident diplomatic missions[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ French Colonial Empires
  2. ^ a b History of bilateral relations between Mexico and Vietnam (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Monumento a Ho Chi Minh, sinónimo de libertad (in Spanish)
  4. ^ México y Viet nam conmemoran 40 años de relaciones diplomáticas (in Spanish)
  5. ^ a b Peña Nieto llega a Vietnam para cumbre de APEC (in Spanish)
  6. ^ La subsecretaria de Relaciones Exteriores realiza visita de trabajo a Viet Nam (in Spanish)
  7. ^ a b Bilateral relations between Mexico and Vietnam (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "Mexican Ministry of the Economy: Vietnam (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  9. ^ Embassy of Mexico in Hanoi
  10. ^ Embassy of Vietnam in Mexico City
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