Relationship dossier
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Relationship assessment
Vietnam and Zimbabwe have pursued practical cooperation, including agreements reached during a 2018 presidential visit.
Vietnam toward Zimbabwe
+25Vietnam participated in bilateral agreements and memoranda with Zimbabwe during President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 2018 visit, covering areas including agriculture, education, health, and political consultation.
Zimbabwe toward Vietnam
+25Zimbabwe pursued bilateral cooperation with Vietnam during President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 2018 visit, concluding agreements and memoranda in areas including agriculture, education, health, and political consultation.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes concrete cooperation through agreements and memoranda concluded in 2018, including sectoral cooperation and political consultation. These arrangements indicate a cooperative bilateral structure, though their implementation and breadth beyond that visit 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
Vietnam and Zimbabwe have pursued practical bilateral cooperation. During Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 2018 visit to Vietnam, the governments concluded agreements and memoranda covering areas including agriculture, education, health, and political consultation. The relationship reflects concrete but relatively limited cooperation; the scope and implementation of these arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
During President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s visit to Vietnam, the two governments concluded agreements and memoranda covering areas including agriculture, education, health, and political consultation.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and continuing scope of the agreements concluded in 2018 are unclear.
- Details of bilateral cooperation beyond the 2018 agreements are limited.