Relationship dossier
Singapore
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Singapore and Vietnam have a comprehensive strategic partnership backed by longstanding investment and practical cooperation.
Singapore toward Vietnam
+60Singapore has supported industrial development and investment in Vietnam through the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks, established through bilateral cooperation in the 1990s. The governments have also developed a strategic partnership and expanded it into a comprehensive strategic partnership, providing a framework for cooperation in areas including the economy and security.
Vietnam toward Singapore
+60Vietnam has participated in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks initiative, providing a durable framework for Singapore-linked investment and industrial development in Vietnam. The Vietnamese government has also joined Singapore in upgrading bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership and expanding cooperation across economic and security areas.
Overall relationship
+60The relationship is underpinned by a long-running industrial and investment partnership and a formal framework that has expanded from a strategic partnership to a comprehensive strategic partnership. Economic ties and broader government cooperation give the bilateral relationship a durable, substantially cooperative character.
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
Singapore and Vietnam maintain a sustained, substantially cooperative relationship. Their governments have expanded cooperation through a strategic partnership, upgraded to a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2023, alongside economic, security and other bilateral cooperation. Singapore-linked Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks have supported investment and industrial development in Vietnam for decades. The relationship combines high-level coordination with practical economic ties.
Key developments
Singapore and Vietnam established a strategic partnership, broadening the framework for bilateral cooperation.
The governments upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks began operating as a bilateral investment and industrial development initiative.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and scope of cooperation under the comprehensive strategic partnership are not fully specified.
- The scale and current status of individual bilateral security and economic initiatives are unclear.