| The Greens of Indochina Les Verts d'Indochine | |
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| Leader | Ton Nu Thi Ninh |
| Founder | Environmental Association of the Federal University of Indochina |
| Founded | December 11, 1997 |
| Headquarters | Hue, Indochina |
| Newspaper | Our Home |
| Membership (2020) | ▲918,289 |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Official colours | Green |
| Federal Assembly | 54 / 540 |
| Federal Senate | 27 / 170 |
| State and Regional Congresses | 690 / 4,290 |
The Green Party, officially The Greens of Indochina or Les Verts d'Indochine, is a green political party in Indochina. It is the third-largest party in the Federal Assembly, which has been dominated by the Worker's Party of Indochina (WPI) since 1955.
The party was founded in 1997 in the aftermath of the Kyoto Protocol after environmental activists in Indochina were disillusioned by the federal government's refusal to participate in the protocol. The party won its first legislative seat in the regional level in 1997 in Saigon, and its first seat in the Federal Assembly in 1999. Due to the WPI's losing dominance in federal elections in the 2000s, the Greens have played an important role in providing confidence and supply for the party in government or voting on contentious legislations, thus making it the "kingmaker" of Indochinese politics. The Greens were instrumental in endorsing the Conservative Cabinet in 2005, the first non-WPI government since the country's founding in 1995. However, after the Conservative Bloc adopted a climate denialism rhetoric to appeal to conservative voters, the Greens have almost always supported the WPI ever since; some critics have since mocked the Greens as a satellite party of the WPI. It participated in the 2009 coalition government with the WPI, and was expected to be a part of the 2017 coalition with the WPI; however, it withdrew last minute after the WPI leadership refused to adopt more ambitious climate goals advocated by the Greens. Nevertheless, the Greens still provide confidence and supply for the WPI's current cabinet.
Relative to its counterparts in other Asian countries, the Greens of Indochina have enjoyed unusually high support, partly due to public concerns over the impacts of climate change and the ecological collapse in the Tonle Sap and the Mekong River Delta. The Greens have consistently joined the state, regional and local governing coalitions in these areas.
The current Leader of the Greens is Ton Nu Thi Ninh, who was appointed by the Prime Minister as the Federal Envoy for Climate Protection and head of the Indochinese delegation to the COP26 Summit in Glasgow.
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