位於東南亞的社會主義國家，曾為法國和日本的殖民地。1955年爆發越戰，最後由蘇聯和中國扶持的越南人民軍（共產黨）統一全國，建立越南社會主義共和國。近二十年來，經濟改革開放，從農業國家轉為以紡織和電子業為主的出口導向，成為全球經濟增長速度最快的國家之一。

2019年之前，每年GDP增長率固定維持在5%以上，另外也因為加入大量的經濟貿易協定，像是RCEP、CPTPP，也跟歐盟、中日韓簽了雙邊協議，未來幾年的經濟成長值得期待。雖是共產國家，但外交上並不特別偏向中國或俄羅斯，以獨立多樣化的外交策略為主。

Year Founded: 1975

A socialist state in Southeast Asia, Vietnam was once colonized by France and Japan. The Vietnam War broke out in 1955, and finally the People’s Army (Communist Party) of Vietnam, backed by the Soviet Union and China, unified the country and established the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 

In the past two decades, after economic reform and opening up, the country has transformed itself from an agricultural country to an export-oriented state relying on textiles and electronics in particular, becoming one of the countries with the fastest economic growth in the world. Before 2019, Vietnam’s annual GDP growth rate was fixed at 5% and up. In addition, as it has signed up a great number of economic trade agreements like RCEP and CPTPP, and also entered into bilateral agreements with the European Union, China, Japan and South Korea. Its economic growth in the next few years is promising. Although Vietnam is a communist state, its diplomatic policy does not lean toward China or Russia in particular and mainly follows independent and diversified diplomatic strategies.