Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam)

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 Foreign Policy
• 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

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]

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office
1		Ho Chi Minh	28 August 1945	2 March 1946
2		Nguyễn Tường Tam	2 March 1946	3 November 1946
1		Ho Chi Minh	3 November 1946	March 1947
3		Hoàng Minh Giám	March 1947	April 1954
4		Phạm Văn Đồng	April 1954	February 1961
5		Ung Văn Khiêm	February 1961	30 April 1963
6		Xuân Thủy	30 April 1963	April 1965
7		Nguyễn Duy Trinh	April 1965	February 1980

Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office
7		Nguyễn Duy Trinh	April 1965	February 1980
8		Nguyễn Cơ Thạch	February 1980	August 1991
9		Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm	August 1991	February 2000
10		Nguyễn Dy Niên	February 2000	June 2006
11		Phạm Gia Khiêm	June 2006	3 August 2011
12		Phạm Bình Minh	3 August 2011	Incumbent

See also

• Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Vietnam

References

External links

• Official website (in English)