Relationship dossier
Finland
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Development and innovation cooperation underpin Finland–Vietnam ties
Finland toward Vietnam
+35The Finnish government has provided development cooperation to Vietnam, including support for work in water and sanitation, forestry, and innovation. Finland also jointly supported the Innovation Partnership Programme with Vietnam from 2009 to 2018.
Vietnam toward Finland
+30The Vietnamese government participated with Finland in the Innovation Partnership Programme, a joint initiative that ran from 2009 to 2018. Further details about Vietnamese government cooperation with Finland are limited.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a practical foundation in Finnish development cooperation and a jointly supported innovation program. These initiatives indicate sustained, but not especially broad or intensive, government collaboration; the later scope of bilateral cooperation is unclear.
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
Finland and Vietnam have maintained development cooperation, including Finnish support for programs in areas such as water and sanitation, forestry, and innovation. Their governments also jointly supported the Innovation Partnership Programme, which ran from 2009 to 2018. These activities indicate practical cooperation, though the breadth and more recent scope of bilateral government initiatives are unclear.
Key developments
Finland and Vietnam jointly supported the Innovation Partnership Programme, which ran from 2009 to 2018.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral development cooperation after the Innovation Partnership Programme is unclear.
- Details of current bilateral government initiatives and their implementation are limited.