Relationship dossier
Ivory Coast
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Official engagement and cooperation agreements, with the depth of sustained bilateral activity unclear
Ivory Coast toward Vietnam
+20Côte d’Ivoire has engaged Vietnam through bilateral official exchanges and cooperation agreements, including engagement associated with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng’s 2007 visit to Côte d’Ivoire.
Vietnam toward Ivory Coast
+20Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng visited Côte d’Ivoire in 2007, and Vietnam pursued bilateral cooperation agreements with the Ivorian government.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes official exchanges and bilateral cooperation agreements, providing a substantive basis for cooperation. The scale and continuity of those initiatives are unclear, so the relationship is best characterized as modestly cooperative rather than a close 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
Côte d’Ivoire and Vietnam have maintained official engagement, including a visit by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng to Côte d’Ivoire in 2007 and bilateral cooperation agreements. These steps indicate some substantive cooperation, although the scope and continuity of bilateral initiatives are unclear.
Key developments
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng visited Côte d’Ivoire amid bilateral engagement and cooperation agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- Details of subsequent high-level exchanges and government cooperation are limited.