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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Vietnam:

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

–

sovereign country A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined terr ...

located on the eastern extent of the

Indochinese Peninsula Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest,

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...

to the southwest, and the

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phi ...

to the east. With a population of over 98 million, Vietnam is the 15th most populous country in the world. Vietnam was under Chinese control for a thousand years before becoming a nation-state in the 10th century. Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Bitter fighting between the two sides continued during the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam a ...

, ending with a communist victory in 1975. Emerging from a long and bitter war, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government's centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more resentment than reconciliation. In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade. These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and ...

in 2007 and its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the

United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...

in 2008.

General reference

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: * Common English country name:

Viet Nam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

* Official English country name:

Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

* Common endonym:

Việt Nam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

* Official endonym: Cộng hòa Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam * Adjectival:

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia ** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam. * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overse ...

* Demonym:

Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

: Name of Vietnam * International rankings of Vietnam *

ISO country codes ISO 3166-1 (''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes'') is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It ...

: VN, VNM, 704 *

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: See ISO 3166-2:VN *

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: .vn
Vietnam Directory

Geography of Vietnam

Geography of Vietnam * Vietnam is: a

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* Location: ** Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere ** Eurasia *** Asia **** Southeast Asia *****

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it ...

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** Extreme points of Vietnam *** High: Fan Si Pan *** Low:

0 m ** Land boundaries: 4,639 km :: 2,130 km :: 1,281 km :: 1,228 km :* Coastline: 3,444 km (excluding islands) * Population of Vietnam:98.672.896 - 15th most populous country * * Area of Vietnam: 331,690 km² * Atlas of Vietnam

Environment of Vietnam

Environment of Vietnam * Climate of Vietnam * Environmental issues in Vietnam * Renewable energy in Vietnam * Geology of Vietnam * Protected areas of Vietnam ** Biosphere reserves in Vietnam **

National parks of Vietnam Many areas of Vietnam are under protection. While the national reserves cover small areas of scientific significance with restricted access, the national parks also cover wetlands of Ramsar designated areas and BirdLife International inscribed bi ...

* Wildlife of Vietnam **

Fauna of Vietnam The wildlife of Vietnam is rich in flora and fauna as reflected by its unique biodiversity. Rare and endemic antelope-like animal, categorized under the bovine subfamily, was found in 1992, in Bạch Mã National Park. In the 1990s, three other ...

***

Birds of Vietnam Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight s ...

***

Mammals of Vietnam Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

Natural geographic features of Vietnam

Islands of Vietnam The following is a list of islands of Vietnam: From the north Vietnam to the south Vietnam. Quảng Ninh Province coast * Trà Cổ ( vi). Sa Vĩ Cap ( vi) in Trà Cổ ( vi) island is the North-Easternmost promontory of Vietnam * Co To Isla ...

* Lakes of Vietnam * Mountains of Vietnam ** Volcanoes in Vietnam * Rivers of Vietnam *

List of World Heritage Sites in Vietnam The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Vietnam accept ...

Regions of Vietnam

Regions of Vietnam The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and municipalities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam. These regions can be further subdivided into eight subregions: Northeast Vietnam, North ...

Ecoregions of Vietnam

List of ecoregions in Vietnam * Ecoregions in Vietnam

Administrative divisions of Vietnam

Administrative divisions of Vietnam Vietnam is divided into 63 provinces and cities, with 5 cities and 58 provinces. It is a unitary state, so there is no such thing as a state or self-governing provinces. Administrative units Officially, Vietnam is divided into 3 administrati ...

Provinces of Vietnam On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into fifty-eight provinces (tỉnh) and five municipalities under the command of the central government ( vi, thành phố trực thuộc trung ương). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in V ...

***

Districts of Vietnam The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts ( vi, huyện), provincial cities (), and district-level towns (). The centrally-controlled municipalities (the other first-level division, in add ...

= Regions of Vietnam

= The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces into eight regions. These regions are not always used, and alternative classifications are possible. * Northwestern (Tây Bắc) * Northeastern (Đông Bắc) * Greater Ha NoiRed River Delta (Hà Nội Kinh-Đồng Bằng Sông Hồng) * North Central Coast (Bắc Trung Bộ) * South Central Coast (Nam Trung Bộ) * Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) * Southeast (Đông Nam Bộ) * SouthwesternMekong River Delta (Tây Nam Bo Việt Nam-Đồng Bằng Sông Cửu Long)

= Provinces of Vietnam

Vietnam is divided into 58

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s (known in

as ''tỉnh'').

= Districts of Vietnam

The

provinces of Vietnam On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into fifty-eight provinces (tỉnh) and five municipalities under the command of the central government ( vi, thành phố trực thuộc trung ương). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in V ...

are divided into

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s (''huyện''), provincial cities (''thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh''), and towns (''thị xã'').

Demography of Vietnam

Demographics of Vietnam

Government and politics of Vietnam

* Form of government: single-party

socialist republic Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ec ...

* Capital of Vietnam:

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

Elections in Vietnam Elections in Vietnam occur under a single-party political system of the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP). Vietnam is one of the last modern single-party authoritarian regimes, also known as a party-state, that does not hold direct elections at a ...

Political parties in Vietnam This article lists political parties in Vietnam. Vietnam is a Marxist–Leninist one-party state based on democratic centralism. This means that only one political party, the Communist Party of Vietnam () is legally allowed to hold effective powe ...

Branches of the government of Vietnam

Government of Vietnam The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (), also known as the Vietnamese Government or the Government of Vietnam (), is the executive branch and body of the State administration of Vietnam. The members of the Government are appoi ...

Executive branch of the government of Vietnam

Head of state A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and l ...

President of Vietnam The president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Chủ tịch nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, lit=Chairman of the nation of Socialist Republic of Vietnam) is the head of state of Vietnam, elected by the Vietnam Nat ...

Võ Văn Thưởng Võ Văn Thưởng (born 13 December 1970) is a Vietnamese politician. He is currently a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, a standing member of the Secretariat of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet ...

Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...

Prime Minister of Vietnam The prime minister of Vietnam ( vi, Thủ tướng Việt Nam), officially styled as the Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic ( vi, Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa), is the head of g ...

Phạm Minh Chính Phạm Minh Chính (born 10 December 1958) is a Vietnamese politician, the current Prime Minister of Vietnam, one of the highest-ranked officials in Vietnam along with Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam ...

* Cabinet of Vietnam

Legislative branch of the government of Vietnam

National Assembly of Vietnam The National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Quốc hội nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) is the national legislature of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Constitution of Vietnam recognizes the a ...

(

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

)

Judicial branch of the government of Vietnam

Judiciary of Vietnam The judicial system of Vietnam is governed under the Constitution of Vietnam, the Law on the Organization of People's Courts (2014), and the Law on the Organization of People's Procuracies (2014). Since Vietnam is a one-party socialist republic, ...

Supreme People's Court of Vietnam Supreme may refer to: Entertainment * Supreme (character), a comic book superhero * ''Supreme'' (film), a 2016 Telugu film * Supreme (producer), hip-hop record producer * "Supreme" (song), a 2000 song by Robbie Williams * The Supremes, Motown-e ...

** District Courts of Vietnam *** Provincial People's Courts of Vietnam ** Military tribunals of Vietnam ** Administrative Court of Vietnam ** Economic Court of Vietnam ** Labor Court of Vietnam

Foreign relations of Vietnam

Foreign relations of Vietnam As of April 2022, Vietnam (officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) maintains diplomatic relationships with 190 nations throughout the world and the State of Palestine, including all UN member states and UN observer states other than ...

Diplomatic missions in Vietnam This is a list of diplomatic missions in Vietnam (not including honorary consulates). Currently, Vietnam hosts 80 embassies Diplomatic missions in Hanoi Embassies * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...

Diplomatic missions of Vietnam This is a list of diplomatic missions of Vietnam. The first overseas presence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (the antecedent to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) was a representative office in Paris, approximately during the period of the ...

International organization membership

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member of: *

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field offic ...

(ADB) *

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

(APEC) *

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity The Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) was founded on the joint initiatives of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The APT was established by ...

(APT) *

Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, militar ...

(ASEAN) * Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) * Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA) *

Colombo Plan The Colombo Plan is a regional intergovernmental organization that began operations on 1 July 1951. The organization was conceived at an international conference, The Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs held in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri L ...

(CP) *

East Asia Summit The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a regional forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian and Oceanian regions, based on the ASEAN Plus Six mechanism. Membership expanded to 18 countrie ...

(EAS) *

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

(FAO) * Group of 77 (G77) * International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) * International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) *

International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international a ...

(ICAO) *

International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

(Interpol) * International Development Association (IDA) * International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) *

International Finance Corporation The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries. The IFC is a member of ...

(IFC) * International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) *

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...

(ILO) * International Maritime Organization (IMO) *

International Mobile Satellite Organization The International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites. Some of these services concern: ...

(IMSO) *

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...

(IMF) *

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

(IOC) *

International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. The IOM w ...

(IOM) *

International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Art ...

(ISO) * International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) *

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...

(ITU) *

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat, which was privatized in 2001. It incorporates the principle set forth ...

(ITSO) * Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) *

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is an international financial institution which offers political risk insurance and credit enhancement guarantees. These guarantees help investors protect foreign direct investments against ...

(MIGA) * Nonaligned Movement (NAM) *''

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie The (OIF; sometimes shortened to the Francophonie, french: La Francophonie , but also called International Organisation of in English-language context) is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a ...

'' (OIF) *

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member ...

(OPCW) *

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

(UN) *

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations Secretariat that promotes the interests of developing countries in world trade. It was established in 1964 by the ...

(UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(UNESCO) *

United Nations Industrial Development Organization The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in ...

(UNIDO) *

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to ...

(UPU) *

World Confederation of Labour The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) was an international labour organization founded in 1920 and based in Europe. Totalitarian governments of the 1930s repressed the federation and imprisoned many of its leaders, limiting operations until the ...

(WCL) *

World Customs Organization The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The WCO works on customs-related matters including the development of international conventions, instruments, and tools on topics su ...

(WCO) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established in 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation o ...

(WFTU) *

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...

(WHO) *

World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishi ...

(WIPO) *

World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics. The WMO originated from the Intern ...

(WMO) *

World Tourism Organization The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations specialized agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. UNWTO is the leading internati ...

(UNWTO) *

(WTO)

Law and order in Vietnam

Law of Vietnam Law of Vietnam is based on communist legal theory and French civil law. In 1981 major reforms were made to the judicial and legal system. New laws introduced since: * Penal Code 1912 History 1946: * September 2, 1945 President Ho announced Ind ...

Capital punishment in Vietnam Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Vietnam for a variety of crimes. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative gives Vietnam a score of 4.4 out of 10 on the right to freedom from the death penalty, based on responses from human rights experts i ...

* Constitution of Vietnam *

Crime in Vietnam Crime is present in various forms in Vietnam. According to the United States 2016 OSAC Crime report, Hanoi is rated as medium in Overall Crime and Safety Situation. History of organised crime Among the first organised crime group to emerge ...

* Human rights in Vietnam **

LGBT rights in Vietnam Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Vietnam face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. From 2000, both male and female forms of Same-sex sexual activities, same-sex sexual activity are legal and are believe ...

Freedom of religion in Vietnam While the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Constitution of Vietnam officially provides for freedom of religion, in practice the government imposes a range of legislation restricting religious practice, such as registration require ...

* Law enforcement in Vietnam * Prosecution ** Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam

Military of Vietnam

Military of Vietnam * Command ** Commander-in-chief: ***

Ministry of Defence of Vietnam The Ministry of National Defence ( vi, Bộ Quốc phòng, abbreviated as MoD for ''Ministry of Defence'' in English or BQP for ''Bộ Quốc phòng'' in Vietnamese) is the governmental ministry of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that manages, ...

* Forces ** People's Army of Vietnam ** Navy of Vietnam ** Air Force of Vietnam ** Special forces of Vietnam * Military history of Vietnam * Military ranks of Vietnam

Local government in Vietnam

History of Vietnam

History of Vietnam * Economic history of Vietnam * Military history of Vietnam

Culture of Vietnam

Culture of Vietnam * Architecture of Vietnam * Cuisine of Vietnam * Vietnamese clothing * Ethnic minorities in Vietnam * Languages of Vietnam * Media in Vietnam * List of museums in Vietnam, Museums in Vietnam * National symbols of Vietnam ** Coat of arms of Vietnam ** Flag of Vietnam ** National anthem of Vietnam * People of Vietnam * Prostitution in Vietnam * Public holidays in Vietnam *

Art in Vietnam

* Cinema of Vietnam * Literature of Vietnam * Music of Vietnam * Television in Vietnam * Theatre in Vietnam

Religion in Vietnam

Religion in Vietnam * Buddhism in Vietnam * Christianity in Vietnam * Hinduism in Vietnam * Islam in Vietnam * Judaism in Vietnam

Sport in Vietnam

Sport in Vietnam * Football in Vietnam * Vietnam at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Vietnam

Economy of Vietnam * List of countries by GDP (nominal), Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 59th (fifty-ninth) * Agriculture in Vietnam * Banking in Vietnam ** State Bank of Vietnam (central bank) * Communications in Vietnam ** Internet in Vietnam * List of companies of Vietnam, Companies of Vietnam *Currency, Currency of Vietnam: Vietnamese đồng, Dồng **ISO 4217: VND * Economic history of Vietnam * Energy in Vietnam * Five-Year Plans of Vietnam * Health care in Vietnam * Tourism in Vietnam * Transport in Vietnam ** List of airports in Vietnam, Airports in Vietnam ** Rail transport in Vietnam * Water supply and sanitation in Vietnam

Education in Vietnam

Health in Vietnam

References

External links

; Government
Portal of the Government of Vietnam

Communist Party of Vietnam

Ministry of Industry and Trade Website

National Assembly
the Vietnamese legislative body
General Statistics Office

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
; Economy
Web site providing insights for doing business in Vietnam

Site Vietnam economy

Vietnam Economy

National Securities Center

Securities
; Media ; State-run
Voice of Vietnam
State radio broadcaster
Vietnam Television
State television broadcaster
Vietnam News Agency
Official state news agency
''Nhân Dân''
(''Nhân Dân, The People)'': Official Communist Party newspaper
''Quân đội Nhân Dân''
Newspaper of the People's Army
Vietnam Net
Largest Vietnamese portal, run by the government-owned Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Corporation
''Hà Nội Mới''
(''New Hanoi''): run by the Hanoi Communist Party
''Sài Gòn Giải Phóng''
(''Liberated Saigon''): run by the Ho Chi Minh City Communist Party ; Non state-run While all media in Vietnam must be sponsored by a Communist Party organization and be registered with the government, the following media sources have less government control than others.
VnExpress
Popular online newspaper
''Tuổi Trẻ''
(''Youth''): Daily newspaper with highest circulation, affiliated with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Organization of Ho Chi Minh City
''Thanh Niên''
(''Youth''): Major daily newspaper, affiliated with the Vietnam National Youth Federation
''Lao Động''
(''Labour''): Major daily newspaper, affiliated with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (the sole labour union in Vietnam)
''Tiền Phong''
(''Vanguard''): Major daily newspaper, affiliated with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth organization
Vietnam Economic Times
nbsp;– for foreign investors. ; Overviews
Culture of Vietnam encyclopedia

BBC – Country profile: ''Vietnam''

CIA World Factbook – ''Vietnam''

Freedom House "Countries at the Crossroads" report - ''Vietnam''
information on government accountability, civil liberties, rule of law, and anticorruption efforts
VietNam Map
o
a collection of Vietnamese maps

Encyclopædia Britannica – ''Vietnam''
*
US State Department – ''Vietnam''
includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports

Information about Vietnam
from the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affair
M&A Market in Vietnam's Transition Economy
Vuong, Q.H ''et al.'', 2010. Journal of Economic Policy and Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1–54 (English)
Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui
News concerning Vietnam (English & French)
Business Anti-Corruption Portal
Vietnam Country Profile
Vietnam tourism website
and Vietnam Travel Official Tourism website of Vietnam {{DEFAULTSORT:Vietnam Outlines of countries, Vietnam Vietnam, 1 Vietnam-related lists,