Relations between
Vietnam and the
Palestine
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have been strong and very friendly. Vietnam had established very close relations with the
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establ ...
(PLO) and was one of the first countries to recognize the State of Palestine.
History
During the height of the
Vietnam War in 1968, the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam or North Vietnam under its President
Ho Chi Minh established diplomatic relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization. In 1976 the PLO mission was established in
Hanoi and it was later upgraded into an embassy in 1982. During the
Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979, the PLO sided with Vietnam and condemned China. After the
Palestinian Declaration of Independence, Vietnam recognized Palestine on 19 November 1988 and the Palestinian Leader
Yasser Arafat had visited Vietnam more than 10 times. The last one was in June 1996.
Recent Relations
During the 2008-2009
Gaza War, Vietnam condemned "all indiscriminate attacks against civilians," and urged both parties to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict. Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister said, "We urged Israel to stop the excessive and disproportionate use of force, end its military operations and immediately withdraw forces from Gaza." Vietnam called on Israel to immediately lift its blockade and allow humanitarian workers into Gaza.
After the 31 May 2010
Gaza flotilla raid
The Gaza flotilla raid was a military operation by Israel against six civilian ships of the " Gaza Freedom Flotilla" on 31 May 2010 in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine activists and no Israelis were killed on one ship dur ...
, Vietnam cancelled the scheduled visit of Israeli President
Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of ...
.
During the
2014 Israel-Gaza conflict
The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge ( he, מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, translit=Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, ),
was a military operation launched by Israel on 8 July 2014 in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory that h ...
, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai said: "Vietnam strongly concern escalating violence inflicting severe casualties to civilians. We urge the parties concerned to stop firing, resuming the negotiations and supported the efforts of the international community in order to soon bring peace and stability to the region."
On May 14, 2018, when the U.S. opened its embassy in
Jerusalem, Vietnam's Foreign Ministry denied having sent any representative to the event, in response to certain media outlets' saying that Vietnam was amongst the 32 countries attending the opening ceremony.
Vietnam's relations with Israel
Ever since Vietnam normalized relationship with
Israel, Vietnam has emerged as one of Israel's top partners in Asia. Increasing relationship between Vietnam and Israel has played huge role that making the relationship between Vietnam and Palestine less important than usual. Nonetheless, Vietnam remains supportive of an independent Palestine under the
two-state solution.
Diplomatic representation
* has a resident embassy in
Hanoi
* is represented to Palestine through its embassy in
Cairo.
See also
*
Foreign relations of Palestine
The foreign relations of the State of Palestine have been conducted since the establishment of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964. In November 1988, the PLO's Palestinian National Council declared the independence of the S ...
*
Foreign relations of Vietnam
As of April 2022, Vietnam (officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) maintains diplomatic relationships with 190 nations throughout the world and the State of Palestine, including all UN member states and UN observer states other than ( ...
*
Israel–Vietnam relations
Israel–Vietnam relations (Hebrew: יחסי ישראל-וייטנאם; Vietnamese: Mối quan hệ giữa Israel và Việt Nam) refers to the bilateral relations between the State of Israel and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Vietnam and Isra ...
References
Bilateral relations of Vietnam
Vietnam
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