Relationship dossier
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
Relationship assessment
A growing economic partnership elevated to a strategic partnership in 2024.
United Arab Emirates toward Vietnam
+40The UAE signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Vietnam in 2023 and joined Vietnam in elevating bilateral relations to a strategic partnership in 2024, advancing trade and broader government cooperation.
Vietnam toward United Arab Emirates
+40Vietnam signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the UAE in 2023 and joined the UAE in elevating bilateral relations to a strategic partnership in 2024, supporting closer economic and diplomatic ties.
Overall relationship
+40The bilateral relationship is anchored by a trade agreement and a 2024 strategic partnership, indicating a structured effort to deepen economic and diplomatic cooperation. The partnership is comparatively recent, and its implementation and breadth beyond economic ties 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
The United Arab Emirates and Vietnam have developed a substantive economic and diplomatic partnership. Their governments signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in 2023 and elevated relations to a strategic partnership in 2024. These arrangements provide a basis for expanded trade and investment, though the breadth and implementation of cooperation are not fully clear.
Key developments
The governments signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
The two countries elevated bilateral relations to a strategic partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which the 2023 trade agreement has translated into sustained increases in trade and investment is unclear.
- Details of security and other non-economic cooperation under the strategic partnership are limited.