Since Spain opened embassy in Vietnam in 1997 and Vietnam’s set up in Madrid in 2002, the relationship has been strengthened, mostly after the two countries’ leaders agreed in 2009 to enhance the relation status to “strategic partnership toward the future”. On the 35th anniversary of the bilateral ties in 2012, the multifaceted relations were greatly enhanced and it was renewed on the 40th anniversary in 2017 with the visit Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, who was accompanied by a large business delegation. Politics … [Read more...] about Vietnam and Spain: not an ephemeral relationship
