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Viet Nam
A combined view of Viet Nam's UN General Assembly speeches, treaty commitments, and voting record.
The narrative paragraphs below are AI-generated syntheses of the data shown — the tables and figures themselves come directly from the underlying records, not from the AI.
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Viet Nam's General Assembly rhetoric has remained consistently anchored in multilateralism and UN institutional reform across the 15-year record, with multilateralism scores hovering between 74 and 92. The country has gradually increased emotional intensity and self-accountability in recent years—particularly from 2021 onward—while concrete commitments have remained modest relative to rhetorical emphasis on global cooperation. Notable shifts include the 2015 address introducing specific climate and peacekeeping pledges, the 2019 speech highlighting regional leadership and legal institutional primacy, and the 2023 address elevating philosophical and solidarity language to its highest emotional pitch (62). By 2024–2025, however, self-accountability declined sharply before recovering, suggesting a recalibration toward emphasizing achievements and near-term commitments rather than new binding pledges.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2007 | High | Low | Medium | High |
| 2008 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2009 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2010 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2012 | Very High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2014 | Very High | Low | Low | Medium |
| 2015 | Very High | Low | Medium | High |
| 2018 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2019 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2020 | Very High | Low | Low | Medium |
| 2021 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2023 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2024 | Very High | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2025 | Very High | Medium | Medium | High |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Viet Nam has demonstrated strong and broad treaty engagement, ratifying 21 of 24 tracked agreements and declining action on only three. The country shows exceptional commitment to environmental treaties, ratifying all ten tracked instruments including the Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, and Montreal Protocol variants. Human rights treaties are also fully embraced, with ratifications of the Convention against Torture, CEDAW, disability rights, child protection, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Notably, Viet Nam has not ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the Arms Trade Treaty, or the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention, reflecting selective engagement on issues of national sovereignty and military policy.
Arms control & security
- Arms Trade TreatyNo action
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatyRatified
- Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their DestructionNo action
- Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsRatified
Environment & climate
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their DisposalRatified
- Convention on Biological DiversityRatified
- Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone LayerRatified
- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeRatified
- Minamata Convention on MercuryRatified
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone LayerRatified
- Paris AgreementRatified
- Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International TradeRatified
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic PollutantsRatified
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in AfricaRatified
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeRatified
Human rights
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentRatified
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenRatified
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesRatified
- Convention on the Rights of the ChildRatified
- International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsRatified
International justice
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal CourtNo action
Trade & governance
- United Nations Convention against CorruptionRatified
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeRatified
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaRatified
Voting record
Full voting record →Viet Nam maintains a strong consensus-following voting pattern, supporting the majority position in approximately 85% of General Assembly votes. The country's five notable dissents cluster around Myanmar human rights resolutions (2017–2020), where it voted against measures that 92–94% of the Assembly supported, likely reflecting regional solidarity and ASEAN consensus-building practices rather than ideological isolation. These dissents represent a consistent pattern on a geographically proximate issue, while the country's broader voting record shows alignment with mainstream multilateral positions on development, reform, and institutional strengthening.
Notable dissents from consensus
Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2018-12-22 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1990-12-18 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019-12-27 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2020-12-31 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2017-12-24 · voted N · 92% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.766 (High), ranked #93 globally in 2023.
Combines life expectancy, education, and income into one comparable score, 0 to 1. Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 — deterministic figures, not AI-generated.
1990–2023