Relationship dossier
Egypt
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Friendly ties marked by reciprocal high-level visits and agreements across several areas
Egypt toward Vietnam
+35Egypt hosted Vietnam’s president on a state visit in 2018, following Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Vietnam in 2017. The governments signed bilateral agreements and memoranda during the high-level exchanges.
Vietnam toward Egypt
+35Vietnam hosted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2017, when the governments signed bilateral agreements and memoranda covering several fields. Vietnam’s president made a state visit to Egypt in 2018.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a cooperative foundation, including reciprocal presidential visits and agreements spanning multiple fields. The known exchanges support a positive assessment, while the available breadth of detail about ongoing cooperation and implementation is limited.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Egypt and Vietnam maintain friendly relations supported by high-level state visits and bilateral agreements. In 2017, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visited Vietnam and the two governments signed cooperation agreements and memoranda covering several fields. Vietnam’s president made a state visit to Egypt in 2018. These exchanges indicate substantive cooperation, though its breadth and implementation are not clear.
Key developments
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visited Vietnam, and the two governments signed bilateral agreements and memoranda.
Vietnam’s president made a state visit to Egypt.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which agreements signed during the 2017 and 2018 visits have been implemented is unclear.
- The scope and frequency of bilateral cooperation beyond high-level visits and agreements are unclear.