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Viet Nam

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of 331,212 square kilometres (127,882 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country. Vietnam shares land borders with China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 2,027 entities connected with Vietnam. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Vietnam. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Vietnam

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Vietnam.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 1,221 entities identified as PEPs connected with Vietnam.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Deputy Prime Minister4--
President1--
President of Vietnam-81
Prime Minister1--
Prime Minister of Vietnam-21
Vice President1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chairman of the Office of the Government of Vietnam-51
Chairman, Government Inspectorate1--
Chairman, Office of the Government1--
Chairman, State Ethnic Minorities Ctte.1--
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam-153
Governor, State Bank of Vietnam141
Inspector General of the Government--1
Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development1--
Minister of Agriculture of Vietnam-21
Minister of Construction1--
Minister of Construction of Vietnam-31
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism--1
Minister of Culture, Sports, & Tourism1--
Minister of Defence-41
Minister of Education & Training1--
Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam-41
Minister of Finance1--
Minister of Finance of Vietnam-41
Minister of Foreign Affairs13-
Minister of Health16-
Minister of Home Affairs1--
Minister of Home Affairs of Vietnam-41
Minister of Industry & Trade1--
Minister of Industry and Trade--1
Minister of Information & Communications1--
Minister of Information and Communications--1
Minister of Justice1--
Minister of Justice of Vietnam-21
Minister of Labor, War Invalids, & Social Affairs1--
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs--1
Minister of National Defense1--
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam-4-
Minister of Planning & Investment1--
Minister of Planning and Investment of Vietnam-21
Minister of Public Security12-
Minister of Science & Technology1--
Minister of Science and Technology of Vietnam-31
Minister of Transport1--
Minister of Transport of Vietnam-51
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam-42
Member of the National Assembly-492-
member of the National Assembly of Vietnam-10869
National securityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army-31
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Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Auditor General of Vietnam--1
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Ambassador of Angola to Vietnam--2
ambassador of Burundi to Vietnam-1-
ambassador of Djibouti to Vietnam--1
ambassador of Estonia to Vietnam-1-
ambassador of France to Vietnam-51
ambassador of Germany to Vietnam-41
ambassador of Hungary to Vietnam-11
ambassador of Indonesia to Vietnam--2
ambassador of Mozambique to Vietnam-31
ambassador of Namibia to Vietnam-1-
ambassador of Pakistan to Vietnam--1
ambassador of Poland to Vietnam-41
Ambassador of Spain to Vietnam-61
ambassador of the United Kingdom to Vietnam-41
ambassador of Vietnam to Japan-21
Ambassador to the US1--
Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam-1-
United States Ambassador to Vietnam-1-

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations-11
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chairman of the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs--1
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam1--
General Secretary1--
Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam1--
State President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...