Vietnam’s diplomatic relations

Update 17h 21 Nov 2010

Lawyer Phuong (MTon Vietnam law firm)

Viet Nam is located in the Eastern part of  the Indochina peninsula, bordering China to the North, Laos and Cambodia to the West with a long land border of 4,550 km, and facing the Eastern Sea (South China Sea) and the Pacific to the East and the South. On the map, Viet Nam is an S-shaped long strip of land, stretching from 23°23’ to 8°27’ North latitude. The country’s total length is 1,650 km from the Northernmost point to the Southernmost point. Its width, stretching from the Eastern coast to the Western border, is 500 km at the widest part and 50 km at the narrowest part.

List of the countries and territories maintaining diplomatic relations with Vietnam

 

No

Countries and territories

Date of establishing diplomatic relation

Asia

1.

People’s Republic of China

18-01-1950

2.

People’s Democratic Republic of Korea

31-01-1950

3.

Mongolia

17-11-1954

4.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

05-09-1962 (with the Lao Kingdom)

5.

Republic of Yemen (On 25 May 1990, two Yemen countries were unified)

16-10-1963

6.

Republic of Indonesia

10-08-1964

7.

Syrian Arab Republic

21-07-1966

8.

Kingdom of Cambodia

24-06-1967

9.

Republic of Iraq

10-07-1968

10.

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

21-07-1970

11.

Republic of India

07-01-1972

12.

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

08-11-1972

13.

People’s Republic of Bangladesh

11-02-1973

14.

Federation of Malaysia

30-03-1973

15.

Republic of Singapore

01-08-1973

16.

Islamic Republic of Iran

04-08-1973 (with the Iranian Monarchy)

17.

Japan

21-09-1973

18.

Islamic State of Afganistan

16-09-1974

19.

Kingdom of Nepal

15-05-1975

20.

Union of Myanmar

28-05-1975

21.

Republic of Maldives

18-06-1975

22.

State of Kuwait

10-01-1976

23.

Repubic of the Philippines

12-07-1976

24.

Kingdom of Thailand

06-08-1976

25.

Republic of Turkey

07-06-1978

26.

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

19-08-1980

27.

Republic of Lebanon

12-02-1981

28.

State of Palestine

19-11-1988

29.

Republic of Uzbekistan

17-01-1992

30.

Negara Brunei Darusalam

29-2-1992

31.

Republic of Kyrgyzstan

04-06-1992

32.

Sultanate of Oman

09-06-1992

33.

Republic of Kazakhstan

29-06-1992

34.

Republic of Tajikistan

14-07-1992

35.

Turkmenistan

29-07-1992

36.

Republic of Azerbaijan

23-09-1992

37.

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

22-12-1992

38.

State of Qatar

08-02-1993

39.

State of Israel

12-07-1993

40.

The United Arab Emirates

01-08-1993

41.

State of Bahrain

31-03-1995

42.

The Saudi Arabia

28-07-2002

43.

Democratic Republic of East Timor

21-10-1999

Australia

1.

The Commonwealth of Australia

26-02-1973

2.

Dominion of New Zealand

19-06-1975

3.

Republic of Vanuatu

03-03-1982

4.

Republic of Papua New Guinea

03-11-1989

5.

Republic of the Marshall Islands

01-07-1992

6.

Republic of Fiji

14-05-1993

7.

Independent State of West Samoa

29-09-1995

8.

The Federated States of Micronesia

22-09-1995

9.

Solomon Islands

30-10-1996

America

1.

Republic of Cuba

02-12-1960

2.

Republic of Chile

01-06-1972

3.

Canada

21-08-1973

4.

The Argentine Republic

25-10-1973

5.

The Cooperative Republic of Guyana

19-04-1975

6.

United Mexican States

19-05-1975

7.

Republic of Panama

28-08-1975

8.

Jamaica

05-01-1976

9.

Republic of Costa Rica

24-04-1976

10.

Republic of Colombia

01-01-1979

11.

State of Grenada

15-07-1979

12.

Republic of Nicaragua

03-09-1979

13.

Republic of Ecuador

01-01-1980

14.

Republic of Bolivia

12-02-1987

15.

The Federative Republic of Brazil

08-05-1989

16.

Republic of Venezuela

08-12-1989

17.

Republic of Guatemala

07-01-1993

18.

Republic of Uruguay

11-08-1993

19.

Republic of Peru

14-11-1994

20.

Belize

04-01-1995

21.

Republic of Paraguay

30-05-1995

22.

The United States of America

12-07-1995

23.

Barbados

15-08-1995

24.

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

18-12-1995

25.

Republic of Haiti

26-09-1997

26.

Republic of Suriname

19-12-1997

Europe

1.

Republic of Russian Federation

30-01-1950

2.

Republic of Czech

02-02-1950

3.

Republic of Slovakia

02-02-1950

4.

Republic of Hungary

03-02-1950

5.

Romania

03-02-1950

6.

Republic of Poland

04-02-1950

7.

Republic of Bulgaria

08-02-1950

8.

Republic of Albania

11-02-1950

9.

Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro

10-03-1957

10.

Kingdom of Sweden

11-01-1969

11.

Swiss Confederation

11-10-1971

12.

Kingdom of Denmark

25-11-1971

13.

Kingdom of Norway

25-11-1971

14.

Republic of Austria

11-12-1972

15.

Republic of Finland

25-01-1973

16.

Kingdom of Belgium

22-03-1973

17.

Republic of Italy

23-03-1973

18.

Kingdom of the Netherlands

09-04-1973

19.

French Republic

12-04-1973

20.

Republic of Iceland

03-08-1973

21.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

01-09-1973

22.

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

15-11-1973

23.

Republic of Malta

14-01-1974

24.

Greece (Hellenic Republic)

15-04-1975

25.

The Portuguese Republic

04-07-1975

26.

Federal Republic of Germany (on 3 Oct. 1990 two German countries were unified)

23-9-1975

27.

Republic of Cyprus

29-11-1975

28.

Kingdom of Spain

23-5-1977

29.

Ukraine

23-01-1992

30.

Republic of Belarus

24-01-1992

31.

Republic of Latvia

12-02-1992

32.

Republic of Estonia

20-02-1992

33.

Republic of Lithuania

18-03-1992

34.

Republic of Moldova

11-06-1992

35.

Republic of Georgia

30-06-1992

36.

Republic of Armenia

14-07-1992

37.

Republic of Slovenia

07-06-1994

38.

Republic of Macedonia

10-06-1994

39.

Republic of Croatia

01-07-1994

40.

Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina

16-01-1996

41.

Republic of Ireland

05-04-1996

Africa

1.

Republic of Guinea

09-10-1958

2.

Republic of Mali

31-10-1960

3.

Kingdom of Morocco (on 1 July 1991, the two countries issued a notice to continue their diplomatic relation)

27-03-1961

4.

Democratic Republic of Congo

13-04-1962

5.

People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

28-10-1962

6.

Arab Republic of Egypt

01-09-1963

7.

Democratic Republic of Congo (Brazaville-B)

16-07-1964

8.

The United Republic of Tanzania

14-02-1965

9.

Islamic Republic of Mauritania

15-03-1956

10.

Republic of Ghana

25-03-1965

11.

Republic of Sudan

26-08-1968

12.

Republic of Senegal

29-12-1969

13.

Somali Democratic Republic

07-06-1970

14.

Republic of Cameroon

30-08-1972

15.

Republic of Equatorial Guinea

01-09-1972

16.

Republic of Zambia

13-09-1972

17.

Republic of Tunisia

15-12-1972

18.

Republic of Madagascar

19-12-1972

19.

Republic of Uganda

09-02-1973

20.

Republic of Benin

24-03-1973

21.

Republic of Burundi

16-04-1973

22.

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

30-09-1973

23.

Republic of Gambia

30-10-1973

24.

Burkina Faso

16-11-1973

25.

Gabonese Republic

09-01-1975

26.

Togolese Republic

08-01-1975

27.

Republic of Niger

07-03-1975

28.

Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

15-03-1975

29.

Republic of Mozambique

25-06-1975

30

Republic of Cape Verde

08-07-1975

31.

Republic of Rwanda

30-09-1975

32.

Republic of Cote D’Ivoire

06-10-1975

33.

Republic of Angola

12-11-1975

34.

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

23-02-1976

35.

Federal Republic of Nigeria

15-05-1976

36.

Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

06-11-1976

37.

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

02-03-1976

38.

Republic of Seychelles

06-08-1979

39.

Republic of Zimbabwe

24-07-1981

40.

Republic of Chad

05-10-1981

41.

Republic of Sierra Leone

24-06-1982

42.

Republic of Namibia

21-03-1990

43.

Republic of Djibouti

30-04-1991

44.

State of Eritrea

20-07-1993

45.

Republic of South Africa

22-12-1993

46.

Republic of Mauritius

04-05-1994

47.

Republic of Kenya

21-12-1995

48.

Kingdom of Lesotho

06-01-1998