Relationship dossier
Haiti
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Haiti–Vietnam relations include a state-linked telecommunications partnership, with the broader scope of cooperation unclear.
Haiti toward Vietnam
+25Haiti participated in the Natcom telecommunications joint venture through state-owned Teleco, providing a concrete basis for cooperation with Vietnam’s state-owned Viettel.
Vietnam toward Haiti
+25Vietnamese state-owned Viettel partnered with Haiti’s state-owned Teleco in Natcom, bringing investment and technical involvement to Haiti’s telecommunications sector.
Overall relationship
+20The clearest feature of the relationship is sustained practical cooperation in telecommunications through Natcom, a partnership involving state-owned companies from both countries. The broader range and durability of bilateral cooperation are less clear, and no specific bilateral disputes are identified in this assessment.
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
Haiti and Vietnam have pursued practical cooperation, most notably through Natcom, a telecommunications joint venture formed by Vietnam’s state-owned Viettel and Haiti’s state-owned Teleco. The partnership brought Vietnamese investment and technical involvement into Haiti’s telecommunications sector. The scope of other bilateral cooperation and the degree of continuing government-level engagement are less clear.
Key developments
Vietnamese state-owned Viettel and Haiti’s state-owned Teleco formed Natcom, a telecommunications joint venture operating in Haiti.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the telecommunications partnership are unclear.
- The extent of continuing government-level engagement is uncertain.