Vietnam has a unitary system of government with a strong central government. The Communist Party is the sole legal party and holds exclusive power. The head of state is the President, elected by the National Assembly. The unicameral National Assembly is the highest organ of state power but historically served as a rubber stamp. The judicial system is modeled after the Soviet system. Local governments are organized into provinces, districts, and communes, with people's councils and committees.

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• Prior to the French conquest, the
political institutions of Vietnam
were patterned after the Chinese
model. Confucianism was the
state ideology, and the emperor
ruled with the assistance of
mandarins—scholars trained

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in Confucian principles. That
system was essentially discarded
during the period of French
colonial rule, although the
Vietnamese emperor was still
permitted a figurehead authority
from his imperial palace in Hue.

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After the division of the country
in 1954, the North established a
Soviet-style Communist regime,
while the government in the
South created a parliamentary
system patterned after those in
the West. Neither became a

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practicing democracy. The
Communist system of the North
was extended to the entire
country after reunification in
1976. Modern Vietnam has a
unitary system of government
with a strong central

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government, and exclusive
power resides with the
Vietnamese Communist Party,
the sole legal party in the state.

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A. Executive
Under the constitution as
amended in 1992, the head of
state is a president, elected to a
five-year term by the National
Assembly from among its
members. The president is
advised by a National Defense

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and Security Council and is
assisted by a cabinet composed
of a prime minister, a deputy
prime minister, ministers. All
ministers are appointed by and
accountable to the National
Assembly.

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B. Legislature
According to the constitution,
Vietnam’s legislature, the
unicameral (single-house)
National Assembly is the
“highest organ of State power”
in Vietnam. It possesses sole

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power to pass legislation and to
amend the constitution. It is
composed of 498 deputies,
elected for five years by all
citizens over 18 years of age. The
National Assembly holds two
sessions each year to pass

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legislation proposed by the
executive branch of the
government. In the past, it
served as a rubber stamp for
decisions already reached by the
Communist Party. Recently it has
begun to adopt a more

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independent position on issues
of direct concern to the
Vietnamese populace.

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C. Judiciary
The judicial system in Vietnam
was patterned after the Soviet
model. At the lowest level are
district courts, whose decisions
may be appealed to provincial
and city courts. The highest

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court of appeal is the Supreme
People’s Court, which also
functions as a court of first
instance for certain serious
crimes. Members of the
Supreme People’s Court are
elected by the National

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Assembly for five-year terms.
Each of the lower courts is
assigned a judge and several
people’s assessors, who play a
role similar to that of a jury in
the Anglo-American system. All
are elected by and held

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accountable to the local
government.

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The Supreme People’s Office of
Supervision and Control is
responsible for the uniform
implementation of the law. The
office is headed by a procurator-
general who is appointed to a
five-year term by the National

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Assembly. Below the central
office are local offices of
supervision and control, which
ensure observance of the law by
local government bodies and by
all citizens.

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D. Local Government
For administrative purposes,
Vietnam is divided into 57
provinces and four cities directly
under the central government.
The provinces are further
divided into districts and then

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villages or communes. At each
level, voters elect people’s
councils with legislative powers.
These councils in turn elect a
people’s committee from among
their members to serve as an
executive body. In some respects,

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people’s councils and people’s
committees resemble local
governments in Western
democracies. They have the right
to question decisions taken by
other governmental organs at
their level, but their decisions
.

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and actions are subject to review
by higher organs of government
power. Moreover, decisions by
local government organs are
normally undertaken in
accordance with the instructions
of Communist Party
.

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committees at that level,
although party influence has
declined somewhat since the
inception of the doi moi
(economic renovation) program
in the mid-1980s. Party
directives are circulated at the
.

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local level through the
Fatherland Front, a mass
association with branch offices
at all administrative levels and
among various interest groups in
the country.

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