Relationship dossier
Sweden
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Longstanding diplomatic ties shaped by decades of Swedish development cooperation with Vietnam
Sweden toward Vietnam
+35Sweden provided development assistance to Vietnam for decades through a sustained bilateral cooperation program that ended in 2013 as Vietnam’s development status changed.
Vietnam toward Sweden
+30Vietnam participated in longstanding bilateral development cooperation with Sweden, including government-to-government assistance programs that ran for decades.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a durable foundation in diplomatic ties established in 1969 and decades of bilateral development cooperation. That history supports a cooperative overall characterization, though the present scope of government cooperation is 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
Sweden and Vietnam have maintained diplomatic relations since 1969, alongside decades of Swedish development cooperation with Vietnam. The relationship has included sustained government-to-government engagement on development and economic cooperation. The breadth and current scope of bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Sweden and Vietnam established diplomatic relations.
Sweden ended its long-running bilateral development cooperation program with Vietnam as the country’s development status changed.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of current bilateral cooperation and agreements is unclear.
- Details of Vietnam’s present government-to-government cooperation with Sweden are limited.