Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam) explained
Agency Name: | Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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.
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