Vietnam Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Offiiial name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Type: Communist state

Capital: Hanoi

Political subdivisions: 40 provinces, under central government control

Legal system: based on Communist legal theory and French civil law system

National holiday: 2 September

Branches: bicameral legislature (Council of State National Assembly); highly centralized executive nominally subordinate to National Assembly

Government leaders: LE DUAN, Secretary General, Communist Party (since December 1976;; TRUONG CHINH, Chairman, Council of State (since July 1981)

Suffrage: universal over age 18

Elections: pro forma elections held for national and local assemblies; last election for National Assembly held on 25 April 1976

Political parties and leaders: Vietnam Communist Party (VCP), formerly known as the Vietnam Workers Party, headed by Le Duan

Communists: probably more than 1 million

Member of: ADB, CEMA, Colombo Plan ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, IRC, ITU, Mekong Committee, NAM, UN, UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO WMO, WTO

NOTE: The information regarding Vietnam on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vietnam 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vietnam 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.