Relationship dossier
Ethiopia
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Bilateral engagement includes an economic, trade and investment cooperation agreement
Ethiopia toward Vietnam
+20Ethiopia engaged in bilateral economic and trade cooperation with Vietnam, including through an agreement on economic, trade and investment cooperation associated with bilateral engagement in 2014.
Vietnam toward Ethiopia
+20Vietnam’s prime minister visited Ethiopia in 2014, and Vietnam engaged in bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation with Ethiopia through an agreement in that year.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes concrete economic and trade cooperation and high-level engagement, but the available details indicate a relatively limited framework rather than a close, extensive partnership.
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
Ethiopia and Vietnam have maintained bilateral engagement, including a 2014 visit by Vietnam’s prime minister to Ethiopia and an agreement on economic, trade and investment cooperation. These steps indicate concrete but relatively limited bilateral cooperation; its scope and implementation are unclear.
Key developments
Vietnam’s prime minister visited Ethiopia, with bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation among the areas of engagement.
Ethiopia and Vietnam concluded an agreement on economic, trade and investment cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the economic, trade and investment cooperation agreement are unclear.
- The extent of subsequent bilateral government cooperation is uncertain.