Relationship dossier
Myanmar
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Strategic partnership and Vietnamese investment support cooperation, alongside uncertainty following Myanmar’s 2021 coup.
Myanmar toward Vietnam
+30Myanmar entered a strategic partnership with Vietnam and allowed the Viettel-led Mytel venture to operate in its telecommunications sector, providing a concrete channel for bilateral economic cooperation.
Vietnam toward Myanmar
+30Vietnam entered a strategic partnership with Myanmar and invested in its telecommunications sector through the Viettel-led Mytel venture. Vietnam has also engaged Myanmar through ASEAN diplomacy concerning the post-coup crisis.
Overall relationship
+30The enduring relationship includes a strategic partnership and substantial Vietnamese telecommunications investment in Myanmar. These cooperative ties are tempered by uncertainty over their operation following Myanmar’s 2021 coup and the resulting political crisis.
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
Myanmar and Vietnam have maintained a strategic partnership, with cooperation including Vietnamese investment in Myanmar’s telecommunications sector through the Mytel venture. Vietnam has also engaged Myanmar through ASEAN diplomacy, including efforts concerning the crisis that followed the 2021 coup. The partnership reflects practical cooperation, although its current scope and implementation are uncertain.
Key developments
Myanmar and Vietnam established a strategic partnership.
The Viettel-led Mytel telecommunications venture began operating in Myanmar.
Vietnam engaged Myanmar through ASEAN diplomacy concerning the political crisis following the 2021 coup.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which bilateral cooperation has continued following Myanmar’s 2021 coup is unclear.
- The scope and implementation of the strategic partnership and investment arrangements are uncertain.