vietnam: political setting
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Political Setting:
Vietnam
Reported by:
Lito Raymundo
(BSEd 3-A, Group 10)
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• Prior to the French conquest, thepolitical institutions of Vietnamwere patterned after the Chinesemodel. Confucianism was thestate ideology, and the emperorruled with the assistance ofmandarins—scholars trained
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in Confucian principles. Thatsystem was essentially discardedduring the period of Frenchcolonial rule, although theVietnamese emperor was stillpermitted a figurehead authorityfrom his imperial palace in Hue.
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After the division of the countryin 1954, the North established aSoviet-style Communist regime,while the government in theSouth created a parliamentarysystem patterned after those inthe West. Neither became a
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practicing democracy. TheCommunist system of the Northwas extended to the entirecountry after reunification in1976. Modern Vietnam has aunitary system of governmentwith a strong central
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government, and exclusivepower resides with theVietnamese Communist Party,the sole legal party in the state.
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A. ExecutiveUnder the constitution asamended in 1992, the head ofstate is a president, elected to afive-year term by the NationalAssembly from among itsmembers. The president isadvised by a National Defense
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and Security Council and isassisted by a cabinet composedof a prime minister, a deputyprime minister, ministers. Allministers are appointed by andaccountable to the NationalAssembly.
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B. Legislature
According to the constitution,Vietnam’s legislature, theunicameral (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 toamend the constitution. It iscomposed of 498 deputies,elected for five years by allcitizens over 18 years of age. TheNational Assembly holds twosessions each year to pass
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legislation proposed by theexecutive branch of thegovernment. In the past, itserved as a rubber stamp fordecisions already reached by theCommunist Party. Recently it hasbegun to adopt a more
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independent position on issuesof direct concern to theVietnamese populace.
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C. Judiciary
The judicial system in Vietnamwas patterned after the Sovietmodel. At the lowest level aredistrict courts, whose decisionsmay be appealed to provincialand city courts. The highest
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court of appeal is the SupremePeople’s Court, which alsofunctions as a court of firstinstance for certain seriouscrimes. Members of theSupreme People’s Court areelected by the National
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Assembly for five-year terms.Each of the lower courts isassigned a judge and severalpeople’s assessors, who play arole similar to that of a jury inthe Anglo-American system. Allare elected by and held
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accountable to the localgovernment.
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The Supreme People’s Office ofSupervision and Control isresponsible for the uniformimplementation of the law. Theoffice is headed by a procurator-general who is appointed to afive-year term by the National
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Assembly. Below the centraloffice are local offices ofsupervision and control, whichensure observance of the law bylocal government bodies and byall citizens.
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D. Local Government
For administrative purposes,Vietnam is divided into 57provinces and four cities directlyunder the central government.The provinces are furtherdivided into districts and then
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villages or communes. At eachlevel, voters elect people’scouncils with legislative powers.These councils in turn elect apeople’s committee from amongtheir members to serve as anexecutive body. In some respects,
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people’s councils and people’scommittees resemble localgovernments in Westerndemocracies. They have the rightto question decisions taken byother governmental organs attheir level, but their decisions
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and actions are subject to reviewby higher organs of governmentpower. Moreover, decisions bylocal government organs arenormally undertaken inaccordance with the instructionsof Communist Party
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committees at that level,although party influence hasdeclined somewhat since theinception of the doi moi(economic renovation) programin the mid-1980s. Partydirectives are circulated at the
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local level through theFatherland Front, a massassociation with branch officesat all administrative levels andamong various interest groups inthe country.
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Republic of the Philippines
CAPIZ STATE UNIVERSITY
Dumarao Satellite College, Dumarao, Capiz
Theme: “Understanding Better the Political, Economic & Socio-Cultural
Settings of Southeast Asian Nations forPeace, Prosperity & People”
May 25, 2015 (8:00-11:30 am)
Campus Library