iarjhssIARJHSSIARJHSS2708-6267https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjhss.2021.v02i02.029Vietnam's Developing Process of Foreign Thinking in the Innovation PeriodNguyenThi HongHanhLecturer at Ho Chi Minh National Academy of PoliticsSince Vietnam’s Innovation national work (1986) called "DOI MOI”, the global and regional situation has had profound changes, greatly affecting the foreign policies of all countries around the world. Along with the end of the Cold War (1991), the international relations has changed from confrontation to dialogue, emerging trends of diversification and multilateralization in the process of globalization, developing cooperation and interdependence. Vietnam as well as other countries needs to adjust its foreign policy in each specific period to strengthen and develop the country itself. With the political acumen and experience in the revolutionary leadership, the Communist Party of Vietnam has set forth the guidelines and solutions suitable for the great changes in the country and around the world, and carried out the self-renewal to integrate with the international community, striving for peace, national independence, cooperation and development. It can be said that these adjustments of the foreign policy have helped Vietnam effectively exploit the international factors, combining the national power with that of the age to counter the strategies of "peaceful evolution" of hostile forces and gradually develop the country towards the socialist orientation. Therefore, after more than 35 years of renovation, Vietnam has successfully integrated into the world, enlisted the support of the world community to protect its independence and sovereignty, and affirmed its higher position in the international arena.  The article mentions Vietnam’s developing process of foreign thinking since the innovation; the achievements that have been obtained and Vietnam’s orientation of the foreign policy in the coming time.