Relationship dossier
Senegal
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Senegal and Vietnam maintain a modest cooperative relationship, including bilateral economic and technical cooperation.
Senegal toward Vietnam
+15Senegal has participated in bilateral cooperation arrangements with Vietnam covering economic, trade, scientific and technical affairs.
Vietnam toward Senegal
+15Vietnam has participated in bilateral cooperation arrangements with Senegal covering economic, trade, scientific and technical affairs.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship is characterized by long-standing diplomatic ties and bilateral cooperation arrangements in economic and technical fields. The available breadth of cooperation supports a modestly positive characterization, while the arrangements' scope and implementation remain unclear.
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
Senegal and Vietnam have maintained diplomatic relations since 1969 and have pursued bilateral cooperation in areas including trade and economic, scientific and technical affairs. The relationship appears cooperative, though the scope and implementation of these arrangements are not clear enough to characterize it as a close partnership.
Key developments
Senegal and Vietnam established diplomatic relations.
The two governments pursued bilateral arrangements for cooperation in economic, trade, scientific and technical affairs.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic, scientific and technical cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of recent government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.