Mexico makes working visit to Vietnam

The Undersecretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico, Carmen Moreno Toscano, made a working visit to Vietnam, in order to promote bilateral relations.

In Hanoi, he co-chaired with his Vietnamese counterpart the VII meeting of the Bilateral Political Consultation Mechanisman occasion in which a specific review of the political, economic and cooperation agenda was made, and made it possible to define bilateral priorities, as well as to analyze progress in specific projects and new initiatives.

Mexico was one of the first countries in Latin America to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1975, in this vein, Undersecretary Moreno presented a wreath at the mausoleum dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh, a historical Vietnamese leader who is recognized for his fight for achieve the independence of his nation.

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Given the interest that Mexico and Vietnam show in strengthening ties between people, particularly between the diplomatic cadres of both countries, the Memorandum of Understanding on Academic-Diplomatic Cooperation was signed between the Matías Romero Institute and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.

The senior Mexican official was received as a courtesy visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bui Thanh Son, where the two congratulated themselves on the importance of the bilateral relationship and agreed on the progress made in collaboration over 48 years, as well as in the agreements reached in the multilateral arena, in the peace and security, trade and development agendas.

In order to raise the level of their relationship with a comprehensive and long-term vision, meeting the internal development objectives of each country, both parties made progress in raising the level of bilateral cooperation to establish a Comprehensive Association, as well as promote the commercial exchange through the Comprehensive and Progressive Treaty of Trans-Pacific Partnership (Tipat).

The interest in receiving the visit in Mexico of the Vietnamese president was reiterated, during the second half of 2023, in which framework the components that will be promoted in this stage of the bilateral relationship will be disclosed in detail.

“After 48 years of closeness, coincidence in their historical struggles for independence and solidarity between their peoples, a vocation for open economies that translate into employment opportunities for our peoples and mutual strengthening of our global competitiveness, Mexico and Vietnam reaffirmed in this meeting the solid dialogue and bilateral political scaffolding and their interest in continuing to collaborate closely to further strengthen the ties of friendship and trust between the two nations,” they expressed in a joint communiqué representatives of both countries.