Relationship dossier
Ghana
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
High-level exchanges and bilateral agreements support Ghana–Vietnam cooperation
Ghana toward Vietnam
+25Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia visited Vietnam in 2019, and Ghana joined Vietnam in concluding bilateral agreements, including a visa exemption arrangement for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Vietnam toward Ghana
+25Vietnam received Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia in 2019 and concluded bilateral agreements with Ghana, including a visa exemption arrangement for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship features high-level engagement and practical bilateral agreements, including a visa arrangement for official travel. These provide a basis for cooperation, though the known scope is not sufficient to characterize the ties as a close or deeply institutionalized 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
Ghana and Vietnam maintain a cooperative relationship, with high-level exchanges and bilateral agreements supporting practical engagement. Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia visited Vietnam in 2019, when the governments concluded agreements, including a visa exemption arrangement for diplomatic and official passport holders. The known cooperation is concrete but its breadth and implementation are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Key developments
Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia visited Vietnam, and the two governments concluded bilateral agreements, including a visa exemption arrangement for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of cooperation outside high-level exchanges are uncertain.