The Vatican’s top diplomat has begun a six-day visit to Vietnam as part of ongoing efforts to normalize relations between the two sides
The Vatican's top diplomat began a six-day visit to Vietnam on Tuesday as part of ongoing efforts to normalize relations between the two sides. Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s foreign minister, will meet with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and visit a children’s hospital in the capital, Hanoi, state media Vietnam News Agency reported.
The Vatican’s relationship with Vietnam has long been seen as a model for its relations with China. Beijing severed diplomatic ties with the Vatican in 1951 after the communists rose to power and expelled foreign priests. Vietnam and the Vatican still don’t have full diplomatic relations. Their ties were severed in 1975 after the Communist Party established its rule over the entire country following the end of the Vietnam War.
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