Relationship dossier
Tanzania
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Tanzania and Vietnam cooperate through high-level engagement and Vietnamese telecommunications investment in Tanzania.
Tanzania toward Vietnam
+35Tanzania has engaged Vietnam through high-level bilateral visits and cooperation initiatives, including work on trade and agriculture. Details of the full scope of Tanzanian government cooperation with Vietnam are limited.
Vietnam toward Tanzania
+35Vietnamese investment in Tanzania’s telecommunications sector through Halotel has supported the expansion of mobile services. Vietnam has also pursued bilateral cooperation with Tanzania in areas including trade and agriculture.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship combines high-level government engagement and cooperation initiatives with substantial Vietnamese private-sector investment in Tanzania’s telecommunications sector. These features support a cooperative assessment, although the breadth and implementation of bilateral arrangements are 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
Tanzania and Vietnam maintain a cooperative relationship, including high-level engagement and Vietnamese investment in Tanzania’s telecommunications sector through Halotel. Their governments have pursued bilateral cooperation in areas including trade and agriculture. The scale and implementation of wider cooperation are less clear.
Key developments
Vietnamese telecommunications company Viettel launched Halotel in Tanzania, marking a major investment in the country’s mobile communications sector.
Tanzania and Vietnam pursued high-level bilateral engagement and cooperation in areas including trade and agriculture.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and scope of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing government coordination beyond trade, agriculture and telecommunications is uncertain.