Relationship dossier
France
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
France and Vietnam have upgraded a growing partnership, with cooperation spanning defense, economic ties, education and culture.
France toward Vietnam
+40France has pursued a strategic partnership with Vietnam and, in 2024, agreed to upgrade it to a comprehensive strategic partnership. French-Vietnamese cooperation also includes defense, economic, educational and cultural links.
Vietnam toward France
+40Vietnam has pursued a strategic partnership with France and agreed in 2024 to upgrade it to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The Vietnamese government has also engaged France in defense, economic, educational and cultural cooperation.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship has a formal strategic framework and a broader pattern of government cooperation, including an upgrade to comprehensive strategic partnership in 2024. Its colonial and wartime history is a significant historical backdrop, while current cooperation spans several areas; the implementation and depth of newer commitments remain 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
France and Vietnam have developed a growing partnership, formalized through a strategic partnership and upgraded in 2024 to a comprehensive strategic partnership. Their cooperation includes defense and economic ties, alongside longstanding educational and cultural links. The colonial and wartime past remains part of the relationship’s history, but no specific current bilateral dispute is identified here.
Key developments
France and Vietnam established a strategic partnership.
The two governments upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of commitments under the 2024 partnership upgrade are unclear.
- The depth of recent defense cooperation is uncertain.