The agreement was reached during a phone conversation on July 8 between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung and Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Roberto Velasco Álvarez.

During the talks, Velasco Álvarez conveyed greetings from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to General Secretary and State President To Lam and expressed Mexico’s desire to build a strategic and long-term friendship and cooperation with Vietnam.

He praised Vietnam’s socio-economic achievements and its growing international standing, affirming that Mexico attaches great importance to relations with Vietnam as part of its broader engagement with ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific region.

Trung, for his part, conveyed General Secretary and State President To Lam’s greetings to President Claudia Sheinbaum and an invitation to her to pay an official visit to Vietnam at a mutually convenient time.

He reaffirmed that Vietnam values its traditional friendship with Latin American countries, with Mexico regarded as one of its most important partners in the region.

Vietnam, he said, wishes to promote practical and effective cooperation across all areas while working towards the early establishment of a new bilateral partnership framework commensurate with the growing stature of relations between the two countries.

Trung also voiced Vietnam's support for Mexico's efforts to strengthen its engagement with ASEAN, expressing confidence that closer ties would contribute to peace, cooperation and sustainable development in both regions.

The two foreign ministers noted that bilateral relations have continued to develop positively in recent years. Existing cooperation mechanisms, including political consultations between the two foreign ministries and the Joint Committee on Economic, Trade and Investment Cooperation, have been maintained regularly, while negotiations on new legal agreements are also progressing.

Economic and trade cooperation has likewise continued to expand, supported by the effective implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), of which both Vietnam and Mexico are members.

Trung proposed that Mexico continue facilitating greater market access for goods from both countries in order to better realise the potential for bilateral economic cooperation.

The two sides also agreed to increase high-level exchanges, make full use of existing cooperation mechanisms, accelerate negotiations and the signing of key agreements, and strengthen coordination at multilateral forums.

Particular emphasis was placed on cooperation within the framework of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), as Vietnam and Mexico are set to host the APEC Year in 2027 and 2028, respectively.

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