Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam)

Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry overview
Bộ Ngoại giao
Formed	1945
Jurisdiction	Government of Vietnam
Headquarters	Ha Noi
Minister responsible	Phạm Bình Minh
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 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	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

No	Image	Name	Took office	Left office
1		Nguyễn Thị Bình	8 June 1969	3 July 1976

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

No	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	Present

References

↑ http://rulers.org/fm4.html

External links

Official website (English)

Government of Vietnam

Ministries	Agriculture and Rural Development Construction Culture, Sports and Tourism Defence Education and Training Finance Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs Industry and Trade Information and Communications Justice Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Natural Resources and Environment Planning and Investment Public Security Science and Technology Transport

Ministry-level agencies	Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs Government Inspectorate Government Office State Bank

Government agencies	Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Vietnam Social Security Vietnam News Agency Vietnam Television Voice of Vietnam

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