Foreign relations of Vietnam
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As of September 2025, Vietnam maintains diplomatic relations with all 192 other member states of the UN, as well as with the State of Palestine and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Foreign ministry in Hanoi
Vietnamese troops on Spratly Island
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy in Kuala Lumpur, July 2025.
China–Vietnam relations
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Relations between Vietnam and China have been extensive for millennia, with Northern Vietnam especially under heavy Sinosphere influence during historical times. Despite their Sinospheric and socialis
Ming conquest of Vietnam in 1406–1407
Postage stamp of Ho Chi Minh with Mao Zedong and Georgy Malenkov in 1954.
Vietnamese general secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng with Chinese general secretary Xi Jinping in November 2022
General secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and General secretary Xi Jinping in December 2023