Viet Nam, Hungary, Romania mark 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties
VGP - Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son cabled messages of congratulations to Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Romanian Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu on the occasion of the 75th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between Viet Nam and these two European countries.
Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son
Viet Nam established diplomatic relations with Hungary and Romania on February 3, 1950.
Viet Nam and Hungary upgraded ties to a comprehensive partnership during former General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit to Hungary in 2018.
Trade between the two countries reached US$506.7 millon in the first seven months of 2024, a decrease of 11.7 percent against the same period of 2023, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Meanwhile, the relations between Viet Nam and Romania are developing in all fields, including politics, diplomacy, economics, security and defense, culture, and education and training.
The two-way trade grew by 37.5 percent in the first eight months of 2024 to over US$350 million.
From 2019 to 2023, the bilateral trade rose more than 1.65-fold, but it represented only 0.06 percent of Viet Nam's total trade and 0.2 percent of Romania's./.
