Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam)

Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bộ Ngoại giao

MoFA headquarters in Ba Đình District
Ministry overview
Formed 1945
Jurisdiction President of Vietnam
Headquarters Ha Noi
Minister responsible
Website mofa.gov.vn

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign affairs of Vietnam. The current Foreign Minister is Phạm Bình Minh.

Organisation

Ministerial units

  • Department of ASEAN Affairs
  • Department of Southeast Asian - South Asian - South Pacific Affairs
  • Department of Northeast Asian Affairs
  • Department of European Affairs
  • Department of American Affairs
  • Department of West Asian - Africa Affairs
  • Department of Policy Planning
  • Department of International Organisations
  • Department of Law and International Treaty
  • Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation
  • Department of General Economic Affairs
  • Department of External Culture and UNESCO
  • Department of Press and Information
  • Department of Organisation and Personnel
  • Office of the Ministry
  • Ministry Inspectorate
  • Bureau of Information Security
  • Bureau of Consular Affairs
  • Bureau of State Protocol
  • Bureau of Administration and Finance
  • Bureau of Diplomatic Corps Services
  • Committee of Overseas Vietnamese
  • Committee of National Border
  • Intelligence and Analysis Service

Administrative units

  • Ho Chi Minh City Department of Foreign Affairs
  • Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
  • Foreign Press Centre
  • National Translation and Interpretation Centre
  • Information Centre
  • Vietnam and the World Newspaper
  • Permanent Missions of Vietnam to United Nations and International Organisations
  • Vietnamese Embassies
  • Vietnamese Consulate-Generals and Consulates

List of ministers

This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its historical antecedents:[1]

Empire of Vietnam

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft office
1Trần Văn Chương17 April 194511 March 1945

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft office
1Ho Chi Minh28 August 19452 March 1946
2Nguyễn Tường Tam2 March 19463 November 1946
1Ho Chi Minh3 November 1946March 1947
3Hoàng Minh GiámMarch 1947April 1954
4Phạm Văn ĐồngApril 1954February 1961
5Ung Văn KhiêmFebruary 196130 April 1963
6Xuân Thủy30 April 1963April 1965
7Nguyễn Duy TrinhApril 1965February 1980

Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft office
1Nguyễn Thị Bình8 June 19693 July 1976

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft office
7Nguyễn Duy TrinhApril 1965February 1980
8Nguyễn Cơ ThạchFebruary 1980August 1991
9Nguyễn Mạnh CầmAugust 1991February 2000
10Nguyễn Dy NiênFebruary 2000June 2006
11Phạm Gia KhiêmJune 20063 August 2011
12Phạm Bình Minh3 August 2011Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Foreign ministers S-Z". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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