We find that a bipartite quantum state is entangled if and only if it is quantum coherent with respect to complete bases of states in the corresponding system that are distinguishable under local quantum operations and classical communication. The corresponding minimal quantum coherence is the entanglement of formation. Connections to the relative entropy of entanglement and quantum coherence, and generalizations to the multiparty case are also considered.

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• Quantum coherence & coherence measures
• Quantum correlations, foundations & formalism
• Quantum entanglement
• Quantum formalism
• Quantum measurements
• Resource theories