Relationship dossier
Italy
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Italy and Vietnam maintain a comprehensive partnership with political, economic and defense cooperation.
Italy toward Vietnam
+50Italy has pursued an expanded bilateral partnership with Vietnam, including through the strategic partnership established in 2013 and its later elevation to a comprehensive strategic partnership. Italy has also supported closer EU-Vietnam economic ties and bilateral defense cooperation.
Vietnam toward Italy
+50Vietnam has engaged Italy through the bilateral strategic partnership established in 2013 and its later elevation to a comprehensive strategic partnership. Vietnam has pursued cooperation with Italy in economic and defense affairs.
Overall relationship
+50The relationship is underpinned by a formal strategic partnership, later elevated to a comprehensive partnership, and cooperation spanning economic and defense affairs. These arrangements indicate durable cooperation, although their practical scope and implementation are not fully clear.
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
Italy and Vietnam have developed a cooperative partnership spanning political, economic and defense relations. Their 2013 strategic partnership and its subsequent elevation to a comprehensive strategic partnership provide a framework for expanded cooperation. Bilateral engagement has also included defense cooperation and Italy's support for closer EU-Vietnam economic ties.
Key developments
Italy and Vietnam established a strategic partnership, creating a framework for expanded bilateral cooperation.
Italy and Vietnam elevated their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of defense cooperation are unclear.
- The practical effects of the comprehensive strategic partnership are uncertain.