Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Background
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a sovereign state in mainland Southeast Asia, officially styled the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. It covers about 331,000 square kilometres and has a population of more than 102 million, making it one of the region’s largest states and the world’s 16th-most populous country. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City, while its territory borders China, Laos, and Cambodia and faces the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea. Vietnam’s position on major land and maritime routes gives it significance in regional trade, security, and diplomacy.
Vietnam is a one-party socialist republic led by the Communist Party of Vietnam, which plays the central role in state authority and policymaking. The country’s political institutions operate within a unitary state structure, with national administration centered in Hanoi and a network of provincial and municipal governments. In international affairs, Vietnam is represented by its diplomatic missions and permanent representatives, including its envoy to the United Nations, and it participates in organizations such as ASEAN, APEC, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, and the World Trade Organization. Its government is therefore both a domestic governing system and the principal instrument through which the state engages abroad.
Vietnam’s modern state developed through a long history of dynastic rule, Chinese domination in the north, French colonial incorporation into French Indochina, and anti-colonial संघर्ष in the 20th century. After the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War, the country was reunified in 1975 and formally established as a socialist state in 1976 under the Communist Party of Vietnam. Since the economic and political reforms launched in 1986, Vietnam has moved toward a socialist-oriented market economy and reintegrated more fully into the global economy. In recent diplomacy, Vietnamese representatives have continued to take part in multilateral discussions, including arms control and disarmament meetings at the United Nations.
Timeline
Vietnam had nominated its UN envoy Do Hung Viet to serve as the president of the 11th NPT Review Conference.
Press Release: On the Meeting Between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov and the Nominated President of the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Do Hung Viet
Documents
Press Release: On the Meeting Between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov and the Nominated President of the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Do Hung Viet
Russian Deputy FM Ryabkov met Vietnam's UN envoy Do Hung Viet, the nominated chair of the NPT Review Conference, to discuss arms control, disarmament, and Iran's nuclear program ahead of the April–May conference in New York.