Mexico City, May 23 -- It is time for Vietnam and Mexico to consider lifting their bilateral relations to a new height to create a new framework and space for development, Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Van Hai said at a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (May 19, 1975 - 2025).

Speaking at the event organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico on May 22, Hai said that the Vietnamese people always remember Mexico as one of the countries that provided aid for Vietnam to support its national reconstruction after the war. At the end of 1975, Mexico sent aid worth 1 million USD to Vietnam, he elaborated.

Since that important milestone, the Vietnam-Mexico relationship has kept flour...