Relationship dossier
Greece
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Long-standing ties with modest cooperation, including high-level political engagement
Greece toward Vietnam
+15Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias visited Vietnam in 2022 for talks with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, advancing political engagement between the governments.
Vietnam toward Greece
+15Vietnam received Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias for talks with Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in 2022, sustaining high-level bilateral political engagement.
Overall relationship
+15Relations date to 1975, and the 2022 foreign-ministerial talks show continuing political engagement. The known evidence indicates some cooperation, but does not establish a broad or especially intensive bilateral 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
Greece and Vietnam maintain bilateral relations dating to 1975. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias visited Vietnam in 2022 and held talks with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, providing a concrete channel for political engagement. The known cooperation supports a modestly positive assessment, though its breadth and implementation are unclear.
Key developments
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias visited Vietnam and held talks with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements and political consultations are unclear.
- Details of sustained cooperation beyond high-level diplomatic engagement are limited.