Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam) explained
| Agency Name: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| Type: | Ministry |
| Nativename: | Bộ Ngoại giao |
| Seal: | S.R. Viet Nam Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Emblem.svg |
| Picture Caption: | MoFA headquarters formerly hosted the Indochina Ministry of Finance |
| Formed: | 28 August 1945 |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Vietnam |
| Headquarters: | 1 Ton That Dam Street, Dien Bien Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi (old headquarter)
1 Le Quang Dao Street, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi (new headquarter) |
| Budget: | 2.416 billion VND (2018) |
| Minister1 Name: | Bùi Thanh Sơn |
| Deputyminister1 Name: | Nguyễn Minh Vũ
Hà Kim Ngọc
Lê Thị Thu Hằng
Đỗ Hùng Việt |
| Agency Type: | Government Ministry |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign affairs of Vietnam. The current Foreign Minister is Bùi Thanh Sơn.
According to Vietnamese law, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for considering and deciding on the application of the reciprocity principle in relations with other countries, in coordination with other concerned ministries and branches.[1] It then needs to notify the Ministry of Justice of the decision on a biannual and annual basis.
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
See main article: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam).
External links
Notes and References
- Ngoc Du . Bich . 2023 . Practical application of the reciprocity principle in the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters in Vietnam . Journal of Private International Law . 19 . 3 . 506–529 . 10.1080/17441048.2023.2294912 . EBSCOhost.
