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document provided for a nominal separation of powers among legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. On paper, the legislative function was carried out by the National Assembly. The assembly was empowered to make laws and to elect the chief officials of the state, such as the president (who was largely a symbolic head of state), the vice president, and cabinet ministers. Together those elected (including the president and vice president) formed a Council of Ministers, which constitutionally (but not in practice) was subject to supervision by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly. Headed by a prime minister, the council was the highest executive organ of state authority. Besides overseeing the Council of Ministers, the assembly's Standing Committee nominally supervised the Supreme People's Court, the chief organ of the judiciary. The assembly's executive side nominally decided on national economic plans, approved state budgets, and acted on questions of war or peace. In reality, however, the final authority on all matters rested with the Political Bureau.
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1977 Soviet Constitution, which is evident in the principle of dictatorship of the proletariat, the exclusive leadership of the Communist Party, the centrally planned economy, the citizen's duties and statist rights, and the Leninist constitutional structure consisting of the supreme National Assembly, the collective presidency called the Council of State, the subordinate government called Council of Ministers, the procuracies, and the courts.
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been transferred to the executive branch or assigned to both branches concurrently. The executive branch appears strengthened overall, having gained a second major executive body, the Council of State, and the importance of the National Assembly appears to have been reduced accordingly. The role of the Council of Ministers, while appearing on paper to have been subordinated to the new Council of State, in practice retained its former primacy.
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Another feature is the concept of socialist legality, which dictates that "the state manage society according to law and constantly strengthen the socialist legal system." The concept, introduced at the Third National Party Congress in 1960, calls for achieving socialist legality through the state,
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The 1980 Vietnamese Constitution concentrates power in a newly established Council of State, much like the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, endowing it nominally with both legislative and executive powers. Many functions of the legislature remain the same as under the 1959 document, but others have
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According to the 1946 constitution, the president of the republic, was the head of government, rather than a ceremonial head of state. The president also had significantly more power than the current office of president. The later 1959 constitution turned the president into a ceremonial head, while
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The 1980 Constitution comprises 147 articles, in 12 chapters, dealing with numerous subjects, including the basic rights and duties of citizens. Article 67 guarantees the citizens' rights to freedom of speech, the press, assembly, association, and the freedom to demonstrate. These rights, however,
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and demonstrated a certain independence from the Soviet model of state organization. The 1980 Constitution was drafted when Vietnam faced a serious threat from China, and political and economic dependence on the Soviet Union had increased. Perhaps, as a result, the completed document resembles the
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While the 1946 constitution was a superficially liberal democratic document, its 1959 successor was a fully communist document. Its preamble defined the DRV as a "people's democratic state led by the working class", thus codifying the actual state of affairs that had prevailed since 1945. The
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were subject to a caveat stating that, "no one may misuse democratic freedoms to violate the interests of the state and the people." In practice, the party and the government had considerable latitude to determine what was in "the interests of the state and the people."
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The reunification of North and South Vietnam (the former Republic of Vietnam) in 1976 provided the primary motivation for revising the 1959 constitution. Revisions were made along ideological lines set forth at the Fourth National Congress of the
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also had two constitutions, adopted in 1956 and 1967. Neither of these constitutional documents is in force, as the 1967 Constitution was abrogated when the government of the Republic of Vietnam collapsed in 1975.
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Mark Sidel, "Analytical Models for Understanding Constitutions and Constitutional Dialogue in Socialist Transitional States: Re-Interpreting Constitutional Dialogue in Vietnam", 6
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Despite the changes in later constitution, the current Vietnamese government still heavily praises it, calling it "one of the world's most democratic constitution at the time."
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Among the innovative features of the 1980 document is the concept of "collective mastery" of society, a frequently used expression attributed to the late party secretary
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Pip Nicholson, "Vietnamese Legal Institutions in Comparative Perspective: Constitutions and Courts Considered", in K Jayasuriya (ed.),
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Upon political reunification of the country in 1976, the 1960 Constitution of the Democratic Republic became the constitution of the
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Resolution on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1992
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its organizations, and its people. Law, in effect, is made subject to the decisions and directives of the party.
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Nguyen Phuong-Khanh, "Introduction to the 1980 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam", 7(3)
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Khng, Russell Heng Hiang. "The 1992 Revised Constitution of Vietnam: Background and Scope of Changes."
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1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as adopted in 1992 (without 2001 amendments)
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similar to the French constitution; it allowed for multiple parties to participate in elections.
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Chapter III: The Economy, Society, Culture, Education, Science, Technology, and the Environment
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The current constitution, known as the 2013 Constitution, contains a preamble and 11 chapters:
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adopted by the Vietnamese state since the political reunification of the country in 1976.
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William J. Duiker, "The Constitutional System of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam", in
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1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, adopted on April 25, 1992, and
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Front page of the Constitution on the Official Gazette, released on December 29, 2013
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1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as amended 25 December 2001
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Law, Capitalism and Power in Asia: The Rule of Law and Legal Institutions
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Chapter XI: The Effect of the Constitution and Amending the Constitution
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Chapter X: The National Electoral Council and the State Audit Office
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Son, Bui Ngoc. "The Law of China and Vietnam in Comparative Law."
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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General reading and the 1992 Constitution and 2001 amendments
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Chapter II: Human Rights, Basic Civil Rights and Civic Duties
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Chapter VIII: The People's Court and the People's Procuracy
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347 (1981) (including the text of the 1980 Constitution).
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The 1959 document had been adopted during the tenure of
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1959 Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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2013 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law
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Ronald J. Cima (December 1987). Ronald J. Cima (ed.).
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1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Constitutional Systems in Late Twentieth Century Asia
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The Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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and took effect on January 1, 2014, being the third
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System
One-party
unitary
socialist republic
Branches
Head of state
President of Vietnam
Chambers
National Assembly
unicameral
Executive
Prime Minister
Judiciary
Supreme People's Court
Federalism
Electoral college
The Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Constitution of Vietnam (2013)
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