Belarus–Vietnam relations

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A number of Belarusians, mostly advisers and pilots, were sent to North Vietnam to assist its communist ally in the Vietnam War as part of the USSR.{{Cite web |date=18 December 2014 |title=Do Van Mai: Vietnam-Belarus friendship has been steadily strengthening |url=https://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/speeches-and-interviews/do-van-mai-vietnam-belarus-friendship-has-been-steadily-strengthening_i_0000017870.html |access-date=13 October 2023 |website=belarus.by}}{{Cite news |date=27 June 2017 |title=‘We were with you’. Lukashenka claims Belarus helped Vietnam in war |work=UDF: Новости Беларуси [UDF: News from Belarus] |url=https://udf.name/english/politics/158695-we-were-with-you-lukashenka-claims-belarus-helped-vietnam-in-war.html |access-date=13 October 2023}}

Since 1991, Belarus and Vietnam enjoy a relative close relations, though not as much as Vietnam's relations with two other East Slavic nations, Russia and Ukraine. Belarus has played a small role on developing the closeness with Vietnam, as Vietnam is quite reliant on assistance from military hardware from former Soviet Union, including Belarus. Over Vietnam's tensions with China (another partner of Belarus), Belarus seeks a neutral position.{{Cite web|url=https://belarusinfocus.info/international-relations/belarusian-vietnamese-relations-example-minsks-foreign-policy-strategy|title=Belarusian-Vietnamese relations as example of Minsk's foreign policy strategy|website=belarusinfocus.info}}{{Cite web|url=https://en.qdnd.vn/military/intl-relations-and-cooperation/vietnam-belarus-reinforce-defense-cooperation-499073|title=Vietnam, Belarus reinforce defense cooperation|website=en-cdn.qdnd.vn}}

Alexander Lukashenko had taken visits to Vietnam in a number of foreign trip; and had confirmed his support to Vietnam in a number of issues.{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2017 |title=Vietnam - Belarus Relations |url=https://iins.org/vietnam-belarus-relations/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201111744/https://iins.org/vietnam-belarus-relations/ |archive-date=1 December 2022 |website=International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies}}

There is a small Vietnamese community in Belarus.{{Cite web |title=Vietnamese people in Belarus was not crowded but successful |url=https://vnembassy-minsk.mofa.gov.vn/en-us/Vietnamese%20Community/Pages/Vietnamese-people-in-Belarus-was-not-crowded-but-successful.aspx |website=vnembassy-minsk.mofa.gov.vn}}

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• [http://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/en/ Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Socialist Republic of Vietnam]
• [https://vnembassy-minsk.mofa.gov.vn/en-us/Pages/default.aspx Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the Republic of Belarus]

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