Politics of Vietnam - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Notwithstanding the 1992 Constitution's affirmation of the central role of the Communist Party, the National Assembly, according to the Constitution, is the highest representative body of the people and the only organization with legislative powers. It has a broad mandate to oversee all government functions. Once seen as little more than a rubber stamp, the National Assembly has become more vocal and assertive in exercising its authority over lawmaking, particularly in recent years. However, the National Assembly is still subject to Communist Party direction. About 80% of the deputies in the National Assembly are Communist Party members. The assembly meets twice yearly for seven to ten days each time; elections for members are held every five years. There is a separate judicial branch

Judiciary of Vietnam

At the apex of the judiciary of Vietnam is the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam , which is the highest court for appeal and review. The SPC reports to the National Assembly of Vietnam, which controls the judiciary’s budget and confirms the president’s nominees to the SPC and Supreme People’s...

, but it is relatively weak. Overall, there are few lawyers, and trial procedures are rudimentary.

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is governed through a highly centralized system dominated by the Communist Party of Vietnam

Communist Party of Vietnam

The Communist Party of Vietnam , formally established in 1930, is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the...

(CPV) (Đảng cộng sản Việt Nam), which was formerly the Vietnamese Labor Party (Đảng lao động Việt Nam) (1951–1976). The Socialist Republic of Vietnam exists today as a communist state

Communist state

A communist state is a state with a form of government characterized by single-party rule or dominant-party rule of a communist party and a professed allegiance to a Leninist or Marxist-Leninist communist ideology as the guiding principle of the state...

.

Although there have been efforts to discourage overlapping membership in party and state positions, the practice still continues to a certain extent. Senior Politburo members such as Nguyễn Minh Triết, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Lê Hồng Anh concurrently hold high positions in the government and the National Assembly. In addition, the Party's Central Military Commission

Central Military Commission

A Central Military Commission or National Defense Commission is an organisation typical of Communist one-party states, responsible for supervising the nation's armed forces....

, which is composed of select Politburo members and additional military leaders, determines military policy.

A Party Congress meets every five years to set the direction of the party and the government. The Tenth National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Tenth National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The Tenth National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam was the tenth party congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the sole legal party of Vietnam; it occurred between April 18 and April 25, 2006, in Ba Ðình Hall, Hanoi. The party congress occurs once every five years. A total of...

opened on April 18, 2006, and concluded on April 25, 2006, was attended by 1,176 delegates.

The 160-member Central Committee, which was elected by the Party Congress, usually meets at least twice a year.

Legislative branch

The 13th National Assembly
National Assembly of Vietnam
The Constitution of Vietnam recognizes the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as "the highest organ of state power." The National Assembly, a 493-member unicameral body elected to a five-year term, meets twice a year...

(Quoc hoi) consists of 500 members. The National Assembly is elected for five year terms. Nguyen Sinh Hung is Chairman of the National Assembly. Vietnam is a single-party state

Single-party state

A single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a type of party system government in which a single political party forms the government and no other parties are permitted to run candidates for election...

. This means that only one political party, the Communist Party of Vietnam

Communist Party of Vietnam

is legally allowed to hold effective power. At the last elections, 22 May 2011, only the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

Vietnamese Fatherland Front

The Vietnamese Fatherland Front founded February 1977 , is an umbrella group of pro-government "mass movements" in Vietnam, and has close links to the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese...

, a front of the Communist Party of Vietnam, mass organizations and affiliated, and some non-partisans were allowed to participate. Four members were self-nominated and do not belong to the VVF. A total of fourteen seats were won by non-party candidates. The president is elected for a five year term by the parliament.

State leaders

President
Trương Tấn Sang

Truong Tan Sang

Trương Tấn Sang is the president of Vietnam and the senior member of the Politburo, the executive committee of the ruling Communist Party. He was ranked as the party's number one leader following the 11th National Congress held in Hanoi in January 2011."", BaoOnline.vn, January 20, 2011. Includes...

(since 25 July 2011)

Vice-President Nguyễn Thị Doan

Nguyễn Thị Doan

Nguyễn Thị Doan is a Vietnamese educator, legislator and politician, and currently the Vice President of Vietnam ....

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung

Deputy Prime Ministers: Hoàng Trung Hải

Hoang Trung Hai

Hoàng Trung Hải is the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam. Before taking this post, he had been the Minister of Industry of Vietnam. Hoàng Trung Hải graduated from Hanoi University of Technology with a university degree in power systems. He also gained an MBA in Dublin University, Ireland.-References:...

, Nguyễn Thiện Nhân

Nguyen Thien Nhan

Nguyễn Thiện Nhân , is a Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam and Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam. He had been the 1st vice mayor of Ho Chi Minh City before being appointed Minister of Education on June 28, 2006, by Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng...

, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Vũ Văn Ninh

Minister of Defence
General Phung Quang Thanh

Phùng Quang Thanh

Phùng Quang Thanh is currently Vietnam's minister of defense and is ranked as the No. 2 leader in the country's Communist Party."", BaoOnline.vn, January 20, 2011. Includes pictures of the entire leadership. He is an officer of the Vietnam People's Army and a member of the Politburo of the...

Minister of Public Security
Trần Đại Quang

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Phạm Bình Minh

Minister of Industry and Trade
Vu Huy Hoang

Minister of Planning and Investment
Bùi Quang Vinh

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Cao Duc Phat

Minister of Finance
Vương Đình Huệ

Minister of Justice
Ha Hung Cuong http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/vietnam/vietnam_brief.html http://www.mofa.gov.vn/vi/tt_vietnam/nr040810155159/ns060809102030

Chairman of the National Assembly: Nguyễn Sinh Hùng (since 23 July 2011)

Vice-Chairs of the National Assembly: Tòng Thị Phóng, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Uông Chu Lưu, Huỳnh Ngọc Sơn http://www.na.gov.vn/htx/Vietnamese/C1394/C1410/default.asp?Newid=10103

Chief Justice the Supreme People's Court: Trương Hòa Bình

President of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam: Nguyễn Hoà Bình

Chairman of Security and Defense Council:Trương Tấn Sang

Truong Tan Sang

Vice Chairman of Security and Defense Council: Prime Minister

Members of Security and Defense Council: Chairman of the National Assembly, Minister of Defence, Minister of Public Security, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front: Huỳnh Đảm

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front: Vũ Trọng Kim

President of the Vietnam Labour Confederation: Đặng Ngọc Tùng

Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The Politburo of the Central Committee Communist Party of Vietnam , formerly the Standing Committee of the Central Committee, includes the top leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam...

(since 2011) http://daihoi11.dangcongsan.vn/cpv/Modules/News/NewsDetail.aspx?co_id=30106&cn_id=402384:

1. Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (since 2011)

2. Trương Tấn Sang

Truong Tan Sang

, State President

3. General Phùng Quang Thanh

Phùng Quang Thanh

, Minister of Defence

4. Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Prime Minister

5. Nguyễn Sinh Hùng, President of the National Assembly

6. General Lê Hồng Anh

Le Hong Anh

Lê Hồng Anh is the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam. He was conferred general by the president of Vietnam on January 9, 2005....

, member Standing of Secretariat

7. Lê Thanh Hải, Party Secretary for Ho Chi Minh City

8. Tô Huy Rứa, Chief of Organisation Department of the Central Communist Party

9. Phạm Quang Nghị, Party Secretary for Hanoi

10. Trần Đại Quang, Lieutenant General, Minister of Public Security

11. Tòng Thị Phóng (Mrs), Vice President of the National Assembly

12. Ngô Văn Dụ, Chair of the Party Inspection Commission

13. Đinh Thế Huynh, Chief of Propaganda and Education Department of the Central Communist Party

14. Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Deputy Prime Minister

Secretariat of Central Committee (since 2011):

1.Nguyễn Phú Trọng,
Secretary-General

2.Trương Tấn Sang

Truong Tan Sang

3.Lê Hồng Anh

Le Hong Anh

Lê Hồng Anh is the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam. He was conferred general by the president of Vietnam on January 9, 2005....

, Standing Member of the Secretariat

4.Tô Huy Rứa, Chief of Organisation Department of the Central Communist Party

5.Ngô Văn Dụ, Chairman, CPV Inspectorate Commission

6.Đinh Thế Huynh, Chief of Propaganda and Education Department of the Central Communist Party

7.Ngô Xuân Lịch, General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army

8.Trương Hoà Bình, President of the People’s Supreme Court

9.Hà Thị Khiết (Mrs), Chief of People Campaigning Department of the Central Communist Party

10.Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân (Mrs), Vice President of the National Assembly

Party's Central Military Commission:

Standing Members: General Ngô Xuân Lịch- Chairman of the Political General Department of the Vietnam People's Army, General Đỗ Bá Tỵ-Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence,...

Administrative divisions

Vietnam is divided into fifty-eight provinces (tỉnh, singular and plural):
An Giang

An Giang Province

An Giang is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta, in the southwestern part of the country, sharing a border with Cambodia to the northwest.- Geography :...

, Bac Giang

Bắc Giang Province

Bắc Giang is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, being situated to the east of Hanoi. The province covers an area of 3827.45 square kilometres and as of 2008 it had a population of 1,628,400 people....

, Bac Kan

Bắc Kạn Province

Bắc Kạn , also spelt as Bắc Cạn, is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, due north of the capital Hanoi. Bắc Kạn is the only town of the province which is the capital of the province and is a municipality...

, Bac Lieu

Bac Lieu Province

Bạc Liêu is a province of Vietnam. It is a coastal province, and is situated in the Mekong Delta region of the southern part of the country.- Name :Formally a territoy of Cambodia, the name Bac Lieu is believed to derive from the Khmer language...

, Bac Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau

Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province

Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu is a province of Vietnam. It is located on the coast of the country's southeastern region. It also includes the Côn Đảo islands, located some distance off Vietnam's southeastern coast...

, Ben Tre

Ben Tre Province

Bến Tre is a province of Vietnam. It is one of the country's southern provinces, being situated in the delta of the Mekong River.-Administration:Politically, Ben Tre is divided into eight districts:*Ba Tri*Bình Đại*Châu Thành*Chợ Lách*Giồng Trôm...

, Binh Dinh

Binh Dinh Province

Bình Định is a province of Vietnam. It is located in Vietnam's South Central Coast region.-Administration:Binh Dinh is divided into one city and 10 districts:*An Lão*An Nhơn*Hoài Ân*Hoài Nhơn*Phù Cát*Phù Mỹ*Tuy Phước*Tây Sơn*Vân Canh...

, Binh Duong

Binh Duong Province

Bình Dương is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the southeastern part of the country, immediately to the north of Ho Chi Minh City. The province was created from Song Be province on January 1, 1997.-Geography:...

, Binh Phuoc

Binh Phuoc Province

Bình Phước is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the southeastern region of the country, to the north of Ho Chi Minh City. It shares a border with Cambodia.-History:...

, Binh Thuan

Binh Thuan Province

Bình Thuận is a province of Vietnam. It is located on the country's South Central Coast, not far from Ho Chi Minh City. It is sometimes seen as part of the Southeast Region. Binh Thuan is known for its scenery and for its good beaches...

, Ca Mau

Ca Mau Province

Cà Mau is a province of Vietnam, named after its capital city. It is located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, and is the southernmost of Vietnam's 58 provinces...

, Cao Bang

Cao Bang Province

Cao Bằng is a province of northeastern Vietnam. The province has borders with Hà Giang, Tuyên Quang, Bắc Kạn, and Lạng Sơn provinces within Vietnam. It also has common international border with Guangxi province of the People's Republic of China...

, Dak Lak, Dak Nong

Dak Nong Province

Đắk Nông , or Ðắc Nông, is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the country's Central Highlands. The provincial capital is Gia Nghĩa.-Geography:...

, Dien Bien, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Gia Lai

Gia Lai Province

Gia Lai is a province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.-Administrative divisions:The province is divided into one city , two towns , and 13 districts:#Chư Păh#Chư Prông#Chư Sê#Đắk Đoa#Đắk Pơ#Đức Cơ#Ia Grai#Ia Pa...

, Ha Giang

Hà Giang Province

Hà Giang is a province in northeastern Vietnam. It is located in the far north of the country, and contains Vietnam’s northernmost point. It shares a 270 km long border with Yunnan province of southern China. Hence it is known as the final frontier of Vietnam...

, Hai Duong

Hai Duong Province

Hải Dương is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Its name derives from Sino-Vietnamese , meaning "ocean", though in fact, the province is landlocked.-Geography of Hai Duong:...

, Ha Nam

Ha Nam Province

Hà Nam is a province of northern Vietnam, in the Red River Delta.-History:The Hà Nam Province, and Vietnam as a whole, implemented the second five-year plan between 1975 and 1980. This plan included protecting the country's national border and gradually overcoming difficulties within the country...

, Ha Tinh, Hoa Binh, Hau Giang

Hau Giang Province

Hậu Giang became Can Tho province during/after 1975. Can Tho was the capital of Can Tho province. It is located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. In late 2004, Can Tho and some surrounding cities became Can Tho Municipality . The remainder of Cần Thơ province became Hậu Giang province .Vi...

, Hung Yen

Hung Yen Province

Hưng Yên is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam.-Administrative divisions:The province comprises one city and nine districts:#Ân Thi#Khoái Châu#Kim Động#Mỹ Hào#Phù Cừ#Tiên Lữ#Văn Giang#Văn Lâm#Yên Mỹ...

, Khanh Hoa

Khanh Hoa Province

Khánh Hòa is a province of Vietnam, located in the South Central Coast. It has a population of 1,066,300 and spans an area of 5,197 km². Its capital is Nha Trang...

, Kien Giang

Kien Giang Province

Kiên Giang is a province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is known for fishing and rice farming. The provincial capital is Rạch Giá, 250 km from the Ho Chi Minh City...

, Kon Tum

Kon Tum Province

Kon Tum province lies in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam and shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,934 square km and a population of approximately 330,000. The economy is primarily agricultural.-Name:...

, Lai Chau, Lam Dong, Lang Son

Lạng Sơn Province

Lạng Sơn is a province in far northern Vietnam, bordering Guangxi province in China. Its capital is also called Lang Son, which is a strategically important town at the border with China and is northeast of Hanoi connected by rail and road...

, Lao Cai

Lao Cai Province

Lào Cai , is a province of northeastern in the mountainous region of Vietnam, bordering the province of Yunnan in the China. The province covers an area of 6383.9 square kilometres and as of 2008 it had a population of 602,300 people....

, Long An

Long An Province

Long An is a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam.-Administrative divisions:The province comprises one town and 14 districts:#Bến Lức#Cần Đước#Cần Giuộc#Châu Thành#Đức Hòa#Đức Huệ#Mộc Hóa#Tân Hưng...

, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Ninh Binh

Ninh Bình Province

-Festivals:* Thai Vi festival * Truong Yen Festival* Yen Cu Festival* Non Khe Festival-Transportation:...

, Ninh Thuan

Ninh Thuan Province

Ninh Thuận is a province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam .-History:The Cham principality of Panduranga had its center in Ninh Thuan Province, but also included much of what is now Binh Thuan Province. Panduranga became the political centre of Champa after the fall of Vijaya in 1471...

, Phu Tho

Phu Tho Province

Phú Thọ is a province in northeastern Vietnam. The province's name derives from Sino-Vietnamese and its capital is Viet Tri City, which is away from Hanoi and from the Noi Bai International Airport...

, Phu Yen, Quang Binh

Quang Binh Province

Quảng Bình , formerly Tiên Bình under the reign of Le Trung Hung of the Lê Dynasty, this province was renamed Quảng Bình in 1604) is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam....

, Quang Nam

Quang Nam Province

Quảng Nam is a province on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bordered by Thua Thien-Huế province to the north, the nation of Laos to the west, Kon Tum Province to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi Province to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east, and the city of Da Nang to the...

, Quang Ngai

Quang Ngai Province

Quảng Ngãi is a province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam, on the coast of South China Sea. It is located 883 km south of Hanoi and 838 km north of Ho Chi Minh City.-History:...

, Quang Ninh

Quang Ninh Province

Quảng Ninh is a large province located along the northeastern coast of Vietnam. The province is home to Ha Long Bay, a World Heritage Site. The provincial capital is Ha Long. Nearly 80 per cent of the province is mountainous with abundant land, forest water and mineral resources. Nearly 90 per...

, Quang Tri

Quang Tri Province

Quảng Trị is a province on the North Central Coast of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of Huế.-Geography:Located in North Central Vietnam, Quang Tri Province is surrounded by Quang Binh Province on the north, Thua Thien-Hue Province on the south, Savannakhet Province of Laos on the...

, Soc Trang

Soc Trang Province

Sóc Trăng is a province in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, with its capital in Sóc Trăng. The province occupies an area of 3,223 km², and has a population of approximately 1,213,400.-Etymology:...

, Son La, Tay Ninh, Thai Binh

Thai Binh Province

Thái Bình is a coastal eastern province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam, named after the Vietnamese name for the Pacific Ocean: Thái Bình Dương...

, Thai Nguyen

Thai Nguyen Province

Thái Nguyên is a province in northeastern Vietnam. It is a mountainous, midland province with natural area of 3534.45 square kilometres and a population of 1,149,100 people as of 2008...

, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue

Thua Thien-Hue Province

Thừa Thiên-Huế is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quang Tri Provice to the north and Da Nang City to the south, Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east. The province has 128 km of coastline, 22,000 ha of...

, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Tuyen Quang

Tuyên Quang Province

Tuyên Quang is a province of Vietnam, located in the northeastern part of the country to the northwest of Hanoi, at the centre of Lo River valley, a tributary of the Red River. The delta formation in the province is called the Tonkin Delta. Its capital is Tuyên Quang Township...

, Vinh Long, Vinh Phuc

Vinh Phuc Province

Vĩnh Phúc is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is divided into one city , one town , and seven districts:#Bình Xuyên#Lập Thạch#Tam Đảo#Tam Dương#Vĩnh Tường#Yên Lạc- Etymology :...

, Yen Bai

Yen Bai Province

Yên Bái is an agricultural-based province located in Tay Bac, the northern part of northern-central Vietnam. It shares borders with five provinces which are Lao Cai province, Lai Chau province, Son La province, Tuyen Quang province, and Phu Tho province...

.

There are also five municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương, singular and plural) existing at provincial level:
Can Tho, Da Nang

Da Nang

Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of...

, Hai Phong, Hanoi

Hanoi

Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

, Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...

International organization participation

Vietnam is a member of the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

, La Francophonie

La Francophonie

Francophonie is an international organization of politics and governments with French as the mother or customary language, where a significant proportion of people are francophones , or where there is a notable affiliation with the French language or culture.Formally known as the Organisation...

, ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated ASEAN rarely ), is a geo-political and economic organization of ten countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, membership has...

, and APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region...

, and became a member of the World Trade Organization

World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...

11 January 2007. In 2005 it attended the inaugural East Asia Summit

East Asia Summit

The East Asia Summit is a forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian region. Membership will expand to 18 countries including the United States and Russia at the Sixth EAS in 2011. EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings...

, which is the preliminary replacement for ASEAN in the future.

ACCT

Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique

The Agence de coopération culturelle et technique was founded in 1970 and was the precursor to what is now the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie....

, APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region...

, AsDB

Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...

, ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

, ESCAP, FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...

, G-77

Group of 77

The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...

, IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...

, IBRD

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...

, ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...

, ICRM

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...

, IDA

International Development Association

The International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...

, IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...

, IFC

International Finance Corporation

The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....

, IFRCS

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

, ILO

International Labour Organization

The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...

, IMF

International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...

, IMO

International Maritime Organization

The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...

, Inmarsat

International Mobile Satellite Organization

The International Mobile Satellite Organization is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites...

, Intelsat

Intelsat

Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast...

, Interpol

Interpol

Interpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...

, IOC, IOM

International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....

(observer), ISO

International Organization for Standardization

The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...

, ITU

International Telecommunication Union

The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...

, NAM

Non-Aligned Movement

The Non-Aligned Movement is a group of states considering themselves not aligned formally with or against any major power bloc. As of 2011, the movement had 120 members and 17 observer countries...

, OPCW

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is an intergovernmental organization, located in The Hague, Netherlands. The organization promotes and verifies the adherence to the Chemical Weapons Convention which prohibits of the use of chemical weapons and requires their destruction...

, UN

United Nations

, UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....

, UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

, UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...

, UPU

Universal Postal Union

The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...

, WCL

World Confederation of Labour

The World Confederation of Labour 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 end of World War II...

, WCO

World Customs Organization

The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...

, WFTU

World Federation of Trade Unions

The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...

, WHO

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...

, WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....

, WMO

World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...

, WToO

World Tourism Organization

The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...

, WTrO

World Trade Organization

External links

Active Citizens under Political Wraps: Experiences from Myanmar/Burma and Vietnam pub. by the Heinrich Böll Vietnam Government Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 2006, pp 201
VUFO-NGO, Directory of Vietnam government ministry and agency websites

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