Slovakia–Vietnam relations refers to the bilateral relations between

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

and

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

. Slovakia has an embassy in

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

with a consulate in Ho Chi Minh City; and Vietnam has an embassy in Bratislava.

History and modern ties

The communist leader of

North Vietnam North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; vi, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa), was a socialist state supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Southeast Asia that existed f ...

Ho Chi Minh (: ; born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as (' Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as P ...

, paid a visit to Slovakia at 1957, when Slovakia was part of the communist

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

. His visit was memorized with the unveil of plaque over Ho's visit to the country. Since then, Slovakia has maintained a relatively close relationship with Vietnam, even after the collapse of

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

at 1990s.

2017 kidnap of Trinh Xuan Thanh

Trịnh Xuân Thanh, a former communist party member and businessman who was accused of being corrupt, was secretly abducted and kidnapped in Berlin by a group of unnamed Vietnamese personnel believed to be Vietnamese agents in Germany. The kidnappers were found to have used Slovak airspace and Slovak Government's jet to take Trịnh away from the country; this had prompted angers and threaten to freeze Slovak–Vietnamese relationship. The case was dismissed after unable to collect enough evidences over the abduction, but tensions over the abduction of Trịnh Xuân Thanh still persists in the political relationship between two. In 2019, during a visit,

Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opp ...

, Chancellor of Germany, retold the abduction to its Slovak counterpart, making it complicated.

Vietnamese in Slovakia

Despite sharing common Czechoslovak heritage and Vietnamese immigration, Vietnamese community in Slovakia remains less relevant in comparison to its neighbor,

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. Like most of Vietnamese people in Eastern Europe, they are perceived as well-integrated in the Slovak society.

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Veľvyslanectvo Slovenskej republiky v HanojiVIETNAMESE EMBASSY IN BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
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History and modern ties

2017 kidnap of Trinh Xuan Thanh

Vietnamese in Slovakia

See also

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