Vietnam–European Union relations are the multilateral relations between the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the
European Union (EU). Diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the
European Economic Community
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
(EEC) were established in 1990. The legal basis of the bilateral relations between Vietnam and the EU was the Framework Cooperation Agreement, signed after the first meeting conducted by the Joint Commission in 1996. A Free Trade Agreement and an Investment Protection Agreement between both parts were signed on 30 June 2019. The
EU–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) was greenlighted by the
European Parliament on 12 February 2020. Both the EVFTA and the Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) were ratified by the Vietnamese
National Assembly on 8 June 2020.
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Foreign relations of the European Union
Although there has been a large degree of integration between European Union member states, foreign relations is still a largely intergovernmental matter, with the 27 members controlling their own relations to a large degree. However, with th ...
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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 ( ...
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United States–Vietnam relations
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China–Vietnam relations
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Russia–Vietnam relations
Russia–Vietnam relations (russian: Российско-вьетнамские отношения, vi, Quan hệ ngoại giao Nga-Việt) date back formally to 30 January 1950, when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics established an embassy t ...
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Third-country relations of the European Union
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