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gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. The site launched as a beta on 31 January 2012, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] following on from the AlphaGov project.
This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with those of the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Government of the United Kingdom is divided into departments that each have responsibility, according to the government, for putting government policy into practice. [1] There are currently 24 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and 422 agencies and other public bodies, for a total of 465 departments. [2]
The UK is accredited to Vietnam through its embassy in Hanoi, and a Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. [92] The UK occupied Southern Vietnam and Saigon from 1945–1946. Both countries share common membership of CPTPP, and the World Trade Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have a Free Trade Agreement, [93] an Investment Agreement.
His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government, is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [2] [3] The government is led by the prime minister (Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024) who selects all the other ministers. The country has had a Labour government since 2024.
The UK co-chaired the 1954 Geneva Conference with the Soviet Union, overseeing the creation of the sovereign states of North Vietnam and South Vietnam in the final stages of the First Indochina War. Prior to the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution , the United Kingdom began providing support to the South Vietnamese government in the form of advice ...
The UK and Vietnam entered into a strategic partnership agreement, to boost bilateral ties, in 2010. [3] The UK and Vietnam trade is governed by the United Kingdom–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, a continuity trade agreement based on the European Union–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force on the 1 January 2021. [4]
The 2001 UK Census recorded 23,347 people born in Vietnam, [3] with over 65% of these originated in Northern Vietnam. [ citation needed ] A study published in 2007 reported that community organisations estimated that there were at least 55,000 Vietnamese in England and Wales, and that 20,000 of these people were undocumented migrants and at ...