Vietnam
Communist Party of Vietnam
Marxism-Leninism / market socialism
Vietnam’s sole legal party. Its platform commits to a "socialist-oriented market economy" combining private enterprise and foreign investment with state ownership of key sectors, under single-party leadership.
- Founded
- 1930
- Positions as of
- 2021 13th National Congress documents
- Last verified
What does it believe?
The state in the economy
Đổi Mới reforms retained state ownership of land and strategic industry while opening the economy to private and foreign capital.
Power and its limits
The constitution names the party as the leading force of state and society; other parties are not permitted.
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
Evidence: Well documented
Power and its limits
Evidence: Well documented
Sources
Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.
- Platform on National Construction in the Period of Transition to Socialism · Communist Party of Vietnam · 2011
- Documents of the 13th National Congress · Communist Party of Vietnam · 2021
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