Kammala wannan jumla: Malaysia ta kulla huldar diflomasiyya da Arewacin Vietnam a ranar 31 ga Maris 1973 a matakin jakadanci bayan da aka sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya ta Paris a wannan shekarar. An cimma yarjejeniya tsakanin jakadun Malaysia da Vietnam a shekarar 1975. A shekara mai zuwa, Malaysia ta fara bude ofishin jakadancinta a Hanoi, yayin da Vietnam kuma ta bude ofishin jakadancinta a Kuala Lumpur a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1976. A tsakiyar zuwa ƙarshen 1970s, alaƙar biyu ta yi tsami yayin da Malaysia ta matsa wa Vietnam lamba don ta rungumi manufar ZOPFAN, wanda na biyun ya fassara shi a matsayin sigar manufofin hana kwaminisanci. A yayin taron koli na biyu a watan Agusta 1977, Firayim Ministan Malaysia Hussein Onn ya yi alƙawarin ba da taimakon tattalin arziki da fasaha don sake gina tattalin arzikin Vietnam da ya lalace. Lokacin da
Vietnam ta mamaye Kambodiya a shekarar 1979, yawancin 'yan Vietnam sun nemi mafaka a Malaysia daga wannan lokacin zuwa gaba har zuwa shekarun 1980, kuma sun haifar da matsalolin tattalin arziki da tsaro na kasa ga Malaysia musamman ga daidaiton launin fata kamar yadda yawancin' yan gudun hijirar Vietnam suka yi kama da Sinawa. Dangantaka ta biyu ta daidaita daga 1988 zuwa gaba, lokacin da Vietnam ta ba da sanarwar shirin janyewa daga Kambodiya. A farkon shekarun 1990, shugabannin gwamnatocin kasashen biyu sun gudanar da ziyarar diflomasiyya da taron koli da dama, wanda ya samar da yarjejeniyoyi da yawa wadanda suka jaddada hadin gwiwar tattalin arziki da ci gaba. Ƙarfafa dangantaka ya kuma ga buɗe ofishin ofishin jakadancin a Ho Chi Minh City a watan Janairu 1991. Vietnam ta nuna sha'awar shiga ASEAN tare da goyon bayan Malaysia a 1994 yayin da kasashen suka ci gaba da inganta dangantakar tattalin arziki. Vietnam ta shiga ASEAN a shekarar 1995; Malaysia ta yi maraba da shigowarta.