Chile–Vietnam relations are the
current and historical relations between
Chile and
Vietnam. The two countries are both members of
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and are main parties signing the
Trans-Pacific Partnership.
History
Chile was the second country in Latin America and the first in South America to acknowledge the
State of Vietnam
The State of Vietnam ( vi, Quốc gia Việt Nam; Chữ Nôm: 國家越南; french: État du Viêt-Nam) was a governmental entity in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as a member of the French Union and later as a country ...
in 1950.
Chile and Vietnam first established relations in 1971, when Vietnam was engaged in the
Vietnam War. However, after
Augusto Pinochet staged a
coup d'état a year later and following
North Vietnam's victory in 1975 the relationship became strained. Pinochet, an anti-communist, was hostile to the newly established communist government of Vietnam and there was no official relationship during the 1980s between the right-wing anti-communist Chilean junta and Communist Vietnam.
Economic relations
Throughout the late 1980s both countries witnessed big changes. Vietnam began their
economic reform in 1986 while Chile
transferred from junta to democracy in 1990. The relationship thawed. Chile has become one of Latin America's largest economic investors to Vietnam. , Vietnam is Chile's second largest trading partner in the
ASEAN.
The two countries have been deepening their trade and economic relations which are now much deeper than the usual trade relations between two countries, as praised by Ambassador of Chile to Vietnam Claudio de Negri.
Both nations signed a Free-Trade Agreement in 2014 and was re-affirmed by President
Michelle Bachelet in her visit to Vietnam at 2017.
Resident diplomatic missions
* Chile has an embassy in
Hanoi.
* Vietnam has an embassy in
Santiago.
File:Along the circular West Lake road 07 - Chile embassy.jpg, Embassy of Chile in Hanoi
File:Embassy of Vietnam in Santiago de Chile.jpg, Embassy of Vietnam in Santiago
References
External links
Embassy of Chile in the Socialist Republic of VietnamEmbassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Chile
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Vietnam
Bilateral relations of Vietnam