| Août 21, 1973 | Le Vietnam et le Canada établissent des relations diplomatiques. |
| Septembre 1976 | Vietnam ouvre l’Ambassade à Ottawa (jusqu’au Mars 1981). |
| 1990 | Canada renoue l’aide officielle de développement au Vietnam. |
| Novembre 1990 | Vietnam reouvre l’Ambassade à Ottawa. |
| Julliet 1991 | Canada ouvre sa Mission Diplomatique à Hanoi. |
| Janvrier 1992 | Le Vietnam et le Quebec signent l’Accord de Cooperation Economique et Technologique. |
| 1994 | Canada ouvre l’Ambassade à Hanoi. |
| Juin 1994 | Le Premier Ministre Adjoint Phan Van Khai rend une visite au Canada. |
| Juin 1994 | Le Vietnam et le Canada signent l’Accord de Cooperation de Développement. |
| Novembre 1994 | Premier Ministre Jean Chrétien rend une visite officielle au Vietnam. |
| Novembre 1995 | Le Ministre des Relations Exterieures du Canada A. Ouellet rend une visite au Vietnam. |
| Novembre 1995 | Le Vietnam et le Canada signent l’Accord bilatérale en matière d’Echange et du Commerce. |
| Avril 1996 | Le Ministre de Finance Canadien Paul Martin rend une visite au Vietnam. |
| Septembre 1996 | Le President du CIDA H. Labelle visite Vietnam. |
| Octobre 1996 | Le Ministre de la Cooperation Internationale et la Francophonie D. Boudria visite Vietnam. |
| Novembre 1997 | Le Premier Ministre Canadien Jean Chrétien participe au 7th Sommet de la Francophonie à Hanoi. |
| Novembre 1997 | Le Vietnam et le Canada signent l’Accord de Prevention de Double Taxation et de Prevention d’Evasion Fiscale en ce qui concerne les taxes sur les revenues. |
| 1997 | Canada opened Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. |
| Novembre 1998 | Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam visited Canada. |
| November 1999 | Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lyle Vanclief visited Vietnam. |
| March 2000 | MOU on Service and Infrastructure Development between Vietnam and Canada signed. |
| July 2001 | Minister of Foreign Affairs John Manley visited Vietnam. |
| July 2001 | MOU on Project of Assistance Policy between Vietnam and Canada signed. |
| September 2004 | Minister of Justice Uong Chu Luu visited Canada. |
| September 2004 | Agreement on Aviation Transportation between Vietnam and Canada signed. |
| October 2004 | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs cum Chairman of the Committee for Vietnamese Overseas Nguyen Phu Binh visited Canada. |
| May 2005 | Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Affairs Ksor Phuoc visited Canada. |
| June 2005 | Prime Minister Phan Van Khai paid an official visit to Canada, inaugurated the Vietnam House at 85 Glebe Avenue in Ottawa. |
| June 2005 | Agreement on Adoption between Vietnam and Canada signed. |
| January 2006 | First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Cong Phung cum SOM Chair APEC 2006 visited Canada. |
| November 2006 | Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended the 14th APEC Summit Meeting in Hanoi. |
| May 2007 | Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong visited Canada. |
| February 2008 | Inaugural round of Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement betweenCanada and Vietnam held in Hanoi. |
| 2008 | Canadian Ship (HMCS) Regina made a goodwill visit to Vietnam. |
| October 2008 | Vice-President Nguyen Thi Doan attended the 12th Francophonie Summit in Quebec City and visi ted Canada. |
| 2009 | Vietnam chosen by CIDA as one of Canada’s 20 countries of focus (priority countries). |
| September 2009 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Pham Gia Khiem visited Canada. |
| June 2010 | Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the G-20 Summit Meeting in Toronto as Chair of the ASEAN. |
| July 2010 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon attended the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference and the ASEAN Regional Forum in Hanoi. |
| October 2010 | National Assembly Chair Nguyen Phu Trong attended the G-20 Parliamentary Leaders’ Consultat ive Meeting in Ottawa. |
| November 2011 | Governor General David Johnston paid a first ever State Visit to Vietnam. |
| March 2012 | National Assembly Vice Chair Uong Chu Luu visited Canada. |
| June 2012 | Party Secretary and National Assembly Vice Chair Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan visited Canada. |
| August 2012 | Minister for International Trade Ed Fast visited Vietnam. |
| January 2013 | Inaugural round of policy consultation between Vietnam and Canada held in Hanoi. |
| March 2013 | Vietnam opened Consulate General in Vancouver. |
| March 2013 | Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son visited Canada. |
| March 2013 | Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird visited Vietnam. |
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| September 2014 | Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh paid an official visit to Canada. The two foreign Ministers signed a Letter of Intent on consolidating and boosting bilateral relations. |
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| September 2016 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Stephan Dion visited Vietnam. The two sides agreed to promote cooperation in seven fields mentioned in the Letter of Intent, with a focus on trade-investment and education-training. |
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| December 2016 | National Assembly’s Vice Chairman, General Do Ba Ty visited Canada. |
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| November 2017 | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conducted an official visit to Vietnam. The two leaders agreed on the establishment of the Strategic Partnership Framework. |
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| December 2017 | Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne paid an official visit to Vietnam. |
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| March 2018 | Vietnam and Canada signed the agreement to become members of CPTPP. |
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| June 2018 | Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc conducted a working visit to Canada and attended the Outreach Session of the G-7 Summit in Quebec. |
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| June 2018 | Canadian Minister of Defense Harjit Singh Sahan visited Vietnam. This is the first ever visit of a Canadian Minister of Defense to Vietnam. |
