United States vs Vietnam: UN Voting Alignment
How often do United States and Vietnam vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.
Overall agreement
12.4%
of 3,954 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 20.0% | 255 |
| 1980 | 7.2% | 1,313 |
| 1990 | 11.8% | 709 |
| 2000 | 8.7% | 803 |
| 2010 | 22.0% | 873 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 5.2% | 924 |
| Nuclear weapons | 14.3% | 721 |
| Disarmament | 18.1% | 875 |
| Colonialism | 3.5% | 573 |
| Human rights | 4.1% | 777 |
| Economic development | 10.4% | 469 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | United States | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | yes | no |
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/84 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/11 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do United States and Vietnam vote together at the UN?
United States and Vietnam voted the same way in 12.4% of 3,954 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do United States and Vietnam agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, United States and Vietnam mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 4.1% of 777 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did United States and Vietnam last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 United States voted "yes" and Vietnam voted "no" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).