Relationship dossier
Thailand
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
Thailand and Vietnam maintain a comprehensive strategic partnership with sustained high-level and practical cooperation.
Thailand toward Vietnam
+55Thailand has pursued closer government-to-government ties with Vietnam through the bilateral strategic partnership and its 2023 upgrade to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The two governments have also agreed to deepen practical cooperation, including in defence and trade.
Vietnam toward Thailand
+55Vietnam has pursued closer government-to-government ties with Thailand through the bilateral strategic partnership and its 2023 upgrade to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The two governments have also agreed to deepen practical cooperation, including in defence and trade.
Overall relationship
+55The relationship has a durable framework of strategic partnership and high-level engagement, with cooperation spanning defence and economic matters. The 2023 upgrade to a comprehensive strategic partnership reinforces this structure. No specific bilateral disagreement is identified as a central feature.
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
Thailand and Vietnam have built a sustained cooperative relationship through a strategic partnership, regular high-level engagement and practical cooperation, including in defence and trade. In 2023, they upgraded ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership and agreed to deepen cooperation. No specific bilateral dispute is identified as a defining feature of the relationship.
Key developments
Thailand and Vietnam upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership and agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and outcomes of commitments under the comprehensive strategic partnership are unclear.
- The scope and recent continuity of defence and economic cooperation are uncertain.