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Afghanistan–Vietnam relations (Vietnamese:Quan hệ Việt Nam – Afghanistan) refers to thediplomatic relations betweenAfghanistan andVietnam.
There are currently no diplomatic relations between the two Asian countries but previously there were. Relations were formed on September 16, 1974, during the era ofDaoud Khan'sRepublic of Afghanistan and theVietnam War-eraSocialist Republic of Vietnam.[1]
A Vietnamese embassy was opened inKabul in 1978 under the Afghan regime following theSaur Revolution.[1] Both the Vietnamese and Afghan republics werecommunist states and allies of theSoviet Union.
In a January 1980United Nations debate, Vietnam was one of only four countries to support theSoviet intervention into Afghanistan.[2]
The two countries signed a diplomatic visa exemption agreement in 1987.[1]
After 1992 when the socialist government in Afghanistan collapsed, Vietnam closed its embassy in that country. The Afghanistan's embassy in Vietnam closed in June 1993.[3] The embassy in Kabul was accredited to the Vietnamese embassy in Pakistan, while the embassy in Hanoi was accredited to the Afghan embassy in China.[1][4]
Vietnam recognized the Afghan government ofHamid Karzai in December 2001 and thereafter provided humanitarian assistance in the form of goods.[4]
In January 2018, Janan Mosazai became the Afghan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam and met Vietnamese Deputy Minister Đặng Đình Quý.[5]
In 2020, the Afghan ambassador toSri Lanka Ashraf Haidari met his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Ngoc. Haidari commented that:[1]
We are quite inspired by Vietnam’s fast rise and notable progress in all sectors of sustainable development, following the country’s war years. That is why we look forward to learning relevant lessons from Vietnam for application in the post-conflict and post-peace Afghanistan.
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