List of  countries which maintains diplomatic relations with
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (as April 2010)

                                              (Name/date of diplomatic establishment)

Asia

1. People's Republic of China                                 18.01.1950
2. Democratic People's Republic of Korea                 31.01.1950
3. Mongolia                                                        17.11.1954
4. Republic of Indonesia                                        30.12.1955
5. Lao People's Democratic Republic                        05.09.1962
6. Republic of Yemen                                           16.10.1963
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. Malaysia                                                      30.03.1973
15. Republic of Singapore                                     01.08.1973
16. Islamic Republic of Iran                                   04.08.1973
17. Japan                                                          21.09.1973
18. Islamic State of Afghanistan                            16.09.1974
19. Kingdom of Nepal                                           15.05.1975
20. Union of Myanmar                                          28.05.1975
21. Republic of Maldives                                       08.06.1975
22. State of Kuwait                                             10.01.1976
23. Republic of the Philippines                                12.07.1976
24. Kingdom of Thailand                                        06.08.1976
25. Republic of Turkey                                          07.06.1978
26. 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. Brunei Darussalam                                           29.02.1992
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. Azerbaijani Republic                                         23.09.1992
37. Republic of Korea                                            22.12.1992
38. State of Qatar                                               08.02.1993
39. State of Israel                                               12.07.1993
40. United Arab Emirates                                       01.08.1993
41. State of Bahrain                                             31.03.1995
42. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia                                 21.10.1999
43. Democratic Republic of Timor Leste                 28.07.2002

44. Republic of Palau                                            18.08.2008

Europe 
45. Czech Republic                                               02.02.1950
46. Slovak Republic                                              02.02.1950
47. Republic of Hungary                                        03.02.1950
48. Romania                                                        03.02.1950
49. Republic of Poland                                           04.02.1950
50. Republic of Bulgaria                                         08.02.1950
51. Republic of Albania                                          11.02.1950
52. Serbia                                                           10.03.1957
53. Kingdom of Sweden                                         11.01.1969
54. Confederation of Switzerland                             11.10.1971
55. Kingdom of Denmark                                         25.11.1971
56. Kingdom  of Norway                                         25.11.1971
57. Republic of Austria                                           01.12.1972
58. Republic of Finland                                           25.01.1973
59. Kingdom of Belgium                                          22.03.1973
60. Republic  of  Italy                                            23.03.1973
61. Kingdom of the Netherlands                               09.04.1973
62. Republic of   France                                         12.04.1973
63. Republic of Iceland                                           03.08.1973
64. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.09.1973
65. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg                               15.11.1973
66. Republic of Malta                                              14.01.1974
67. Hellenic Republic                                               15.04.1975
68. Republic of  Portugal                                          01.07.1975
69. Federal Republic of  Germany                               23.09.1975
70. Republic of Cyprus                                             29.11.1975
71. Kingdom of Spain                                               23.05.1977
72. Ukraine                                                            23.01.1992
73. Republic of Belarus                                             24.01.1992
74. Republic of Latvia                                              12.02.1992
75. Republic of Estonia                                             20.02.1992
76. Republic of Lithuania                                           18.03.1992
77. Republic of Moldova                                            11.06.1992
78. Republic of Georgia                                             30.06.1992
79. Republic of Armenia                                             14.07.1992
80. Republic of Slovenia                                            07.06.1994
81. Republic of Macedonia                                         10.06.1994
82. Republic of Croatia                                              01.07.1994
83. Bosnia and Herzegovina                                        26.01.1996
84. Republic of Ireland                                              05.04.1996
85. Republic of San Marino                                        06.07.2007

86. Principality of Andorra                                       12.6.2007

87. Russian Federation                                          30.01.1950
88. Duchy of Monaco                                                29.11.2007

89. Principality of Liechtenstein                               02.07.2008

90. Republic of Montenegro                                    04.08.2006

Pacific 
91. Australia                                                            26.02.1973
92. New Zealand                                                      19.06.1975
93. Republic of Vanuatu                                             03.03.1982
94. Papua New Guinea                                               03.11.1989
95. Republic of the Marshall Islands                              01.07.1992
96. Republic of Fiji                                                    14.05.1993
97. Independent State of Samoa                                 09.03.1994
98. Federated States of Micronesia                              22.09.1995
99. Solomon Islands                                                  30.10.1996
100. Republic of Nauru                                                 21.06.2006

America 
101. Co-operative Republic of Guyana                           19.04.1975
102.  United Mexican States                                        19.05.1975
103. Republic of Panama                                             28.08.1975
104. Jamaica                                                            05.01.1976
105. Republic of Costa Rica                                         24.04.1976
106. Republic of Colombia                                            01.01.1979
107. Grenada                                                            15.07.1979
108. Republic of Nicaragua                                           03.09.1979
109. Republic of Ecuador                                             01.01.1980
110. Republic of Bolivia                                               10.02.1987
111. Federative Republic of Brazil                                  08.05.1989
112. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela                       08.12.1989
113. Republic of Guatemala                                          07.01.1993
114. Republic of Uruguay                                             11.08.1993
115. Republic of Peru                                                  14.11.1994
116.  Belize                                                               04.01.1995
117. Republic of Paraguay                                            30.05.1995
118. United States of America                                      12.07.1995
119. Barbados                                                            25.08.1995
120. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines                           18.12.1995
121. Republic of Haiti                                                  26.09.1997
122. Republic of Suriname                                            19.12.1997
123. Republic of Honduras                                            17.05.2005
124. Dominican Republic                                               07.07.2005

125. Republic of Cuba                                                  02.12.1960
126. Republic of Chile                                                  25.03.1971
127. Canada                                                              21.08.1973
128. Argentine Republic                                              25.10.1973

Africa 
129. People's Democratic  Republic of Algeria                    28.10.1962
130. Arab Republic of Egypt                                           01.09.1963
131. Republic of the Congo                                            16.07.1964
132. United Republic of Tanzania                                     14.02.1965
133. Islamic Republic of Mauritania                                  15.03.1965
134. Republic of Ghana                                                  25.03.1965
135. Republic of  the Sudan                                            26.08.1969
136. Republic of Senegal                                                29.12.1969
137. Somali Democratic Republic                                      07.06.1970
138. Republic of Cameroon                                             30.08.1972
139. Republic of Equatorial Guinea                                    01. 09.1972
140. Republic of Zambia                                                 15.09.1972
141. Republic of Tunisia                                                 15.12.1972
142. Republic of Madagascar                                           19.12.1972
143. Republic of Uganda                                                 09.02.1973
144. Republic of Benin                                                    14.03.1973
145. Republic of Guinea-Bissau                                         30.09.1973
146. Republic of The Gambia                                            30.10.1973
147. Burkina Faso                                                          16.11.1973
148. Republic of Gabon                                                   09.01.1975
149. Republic of  Togo                                                    08.02.1975
150. Republic of Niger                                                     07.03.1975
151. Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya             15.03.1975
152. Republic of Burundi                                                  16.04.1975
153. Republic of Mozambique                                            25.06.1975
154. Republic of Cape Verde                                            08.07.1975
155. Republic of Rwanda                                                 30.09.1975
156. Republic of Côte d'Ivoire                                          06.10.1975
157. Republic  of Angola                                                 12.11.1975
158. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia                      23.02.1976
159. Federal Republic of Nigeria                                        25.05.1976
160. Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe             06.11.1976
161. Republic of Sierra Leone                                           24.06.1978
162. Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic                              02.03.1979
163. Republic of Seychelles                                             16.08.1979
164. Republic of Zimbabwe                                              24.07.1981
165. Republic of Chad                                                     05.10.1981
166. Republic of Namibia                                                 21.03.1990
167. Republic of Djibouti                                                 30.04.1991
168. State of Eritrea                                                      20.07.1993
169. Republic of South Africa                                           22.12.1993
170. Republic of Mauritius                                               04.05.1994
171. Republic of Kenya                                                   21.12.1995
172. Kingdom of Lesotho                                                 06.01.1998

173. Republic of Guinea                                                09.10.1958
174. Republic of Mali                                                    30.10.1960
175. Kingdom of Morocco                                              27.03.1961
176. Democratic Republic of Congo                                 13.04.1961

177. Republic of Botswana                                            11.02.2009

178. Central African Republic                                         10.11.2008