To begin with, many of the first- generation communist leaders came from scholar-official backgrounds and were well-versed in the traditional requisites of "talent and virtue" (tai duc) necessary for leadership. Viet Minh was under strong leadership and influence of ICP. The party's new line emphasized building socialism domestically and supported socialist expansion internationally. [72] Hồ Chí Minh Thought and Marxism–Leninism became the official ideologies of the CPV and the state in 1991. Government forces fired upon the crowds, killing dozens and inflaming the population. In 1960 DRV established a military-political front in the south called National Liberation Front of Southern Vietnam (Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng Miền Nam Việt Nam) or NLF for short. Yet those principles were not interpreted precisely correctly. In 1954, the French withdrew and Vietnam was partitioned with the promise of democratic elections. [57] The Central Committee elects the Politburo in the aftermath of the Party Congress. The Central Committee is the CPV's most powerful institution. At the second Party Congress it was decided that the Communist Party would be split into three; one party for each of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. [61], The Politburo is the highest organ of the Communist Party between Central Committee meetings, which are held twice a year. Despite the group's small size, it exerted an influence in a turbulent Vietnamese social climate. However, the North under communist leader Ho Chi Minh invaded the U.S.-supported South later in 1954, marking the beginning of the Second Indochina War, also called the Vietnam War (1954–1975). Vietnam - Vietnam - The two Vietnams (1954–65): The agreements concluded in Geneva between April and July 1954 (collectively called the Geneva Accords) were signed by French and Viet Minh representatives and provided for a cease-fire and temporary division of the country into two military zones at latitude 17 °N (popularly called the 17th parallel). [82] Policies are enacted for the sole purpose of improving the people's standard of living.[82]. As of 2017[update], the 12th Politburo comprises 19 members. At the fifth Party Congress, held in March 1982, the General Secretary Lê Duẩn said the party had to strive to reach two goals; to construct socialism and to protect Vietnam from Chinese aggression, but priority was given to socialist construction. He was ranked as the party’s number one leader following the 11th National Congress held in Hanoi in January 2011. [56] The Central Committee did this because most of its members had a provincial background, or were working in the provinces. The Secretary of the Central Military Commission is the party's General Secretary while the post of Deputy Secretary is held by the Minister of National Defence. [2] Youth League was designed to prepare the ground for a revolutionary armed struggle against the French occupation. From 2000 to 2006 he was Deputy Secretary of Party Committee, Deputy General Director of the General Security, the Ministry of Public Security. Following the August Revolution (1945) organized by the Viet Minh, Hồ Chí Minh became Chairman of the Provisional Government (Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and issued a Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The CPV espouses Marxism–Leninism and Hồ Chí Minh Thought, the ideologies of the late Hồ Chí Minh. Nguyen Minh Triet, Former President of Vietnam. It is a difficult struggle that requires spirit, fresh vision, and creativity. And now we read the classic works of Marx and other founders, and we find that things were not so simple. He was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam at the party’s 11th National Congress on 19 January 2011 and was re-elected at the 12th National Congress in 2016. Classical Marxist texts still play a prominent role in the Communist Party's ideological development. [62] According to David Koh, the Politburo ranking from the first plenum of the 10th Central Committee onwards, is based upon the number of approval votes by the Central Committee. Vietnam historically had an often antagonistic relationship with China, however, so, U.S. leaders’ fear of the Chinese Communist Party controlling Vietnam along with the Soviet Union was a toothless Cold War fear. In response, councils were organized in villages in an effort to govern themselves locally. It is a kind of economic organization which abides by market economy rules but is based on, led by, and governed by the principles and nature of socialism reflected in its three aspects – ownership, organization, and distribution – for the goal of a prosperous people in a strong nation characterized by democracy, fairness, and civilization". The party was restored in 1935, and Lê Hồng Phong was elected its General Secretary. [60], The Central Inspection Commission is the party organ responsible for combating corruption, disciplining members and wrongdoing in general. In practice, the Vietminh became the leader of struggle for independence of Vietnam. The South Vietnamese forces had collapsed under the rapid advancement of the North Vietnamese. From 1982 to 1987 Quang served as Deputy Secretary, political Protection Department II, Ministry of the Interior; and was at the Security University from 1981 to 1986. This policy continued until the sixth National Congress, when Nguyễn Văn Linh took power. Previously he served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016. To get the top slot, he had to outmaneuver Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. [11] The Viet Minh was a broad organization that included many political parties, military groups, religious organizations and other factions who sought an independence for Vietnam. The Secretariat is elected and the membership size is decided by the Central Committee immediately after the National Congress. [35] The economic goals set for the Second Five-Year Plan failed to be implemented, and between the fourth and fifth Party Congresses, a heated debate about economic reform took place. Thịnh was elected Vice President of Vietnam on 8 April 2016 after winning 91.09% of votes (450 votes) in the National Assembly, continuing the recent norm of having a woman holding this position. In 2011 he was Commissioner of Police Standing Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security. Born 25 December 1959, is a Vietnamese politician who is currently serving as Acting President of Vietnam after the death of President Trần Đại Quang on 21 September 2018. It functions as a basis for the most basic theoretical beliefs upheld by the party. Technically, Vietnam until this day is still a communist country having the one-party rule, that is the Communist Party of Vietnam, under Marxist-Leninist governance. Decisions within the Politburo are made through collective decision-making. The highest institution of CPV is the party's National Congress which elects the Central Committee. Despite this, more than 2,000 party members, including many of its leaders, were rounded up and arrested. [93], Second Indochina War or Vietnam War (1960–1975). The commission is responsible to the Central Committee and between meetings, the Politburo and the Secretariat. "[80] To be more specific, the people's democratic regime is a substage in capitalist development. "[91] Several left-wing and far-left underground movements claimed that the party has abandoned Marxism–Leninism, and those that opposed the party's rules and policies were crushed by the government's police. For instance, in a people's democratic regime private ownership still exists, while in a communist or socialist stage of development, ownership does not exist. the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control. [...] Capitalism will certainly be replaced by socialism, because that is the law of human history, which no one can deny. It controls the Vietnam People's Armed Forces. [11], At the beginning of the war, the Indochinese Communist Party instructed its members to go into hiding in the countryside. leader of Communist North Vietnam. Relations with other communist and workers parties are very important, and are built on "solidarity, friendship, mutual support in the struggle for socialism in the spirit of Marxism-Leninism and pure internationalism of the working class". Photos and bios of the current Heads of State, Dictators and First Ladies. The thing is, we received Marxism in a theoretical sense, not in a full sense, and the information was not very precise. Hồ Chí Minh said that the basic economic tenets of a people's democratic regime was state ownership of certain segments of production—considered socialist since the state belongs to the people, cooperatives, which were half-socialist in nature but would develop into fully socialist economic entities, and the personal economics of individual handicraft and peasantry, which would later develop into cooperatives, private capitalism and state capitalism, where the state shares capital with capitalists to develop the country further. August 30, 2011: Tran Dai Quang was appointed Secretary of the Central Police Party Committee Vietnam War or Second Indochina War broke out between the communists which included Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and National Liberation Front (Viet Cong), and the anti-communists which included the USA, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) and its allies such as Australia, South Korea, Thailand etc. [58], The General Secretary of the Central Committee is the highest office within the Communist Party,[59] is elected by the Central Committee, and can remain in post for two five-year terms. He was taken prisoner by the South Vietnamese government in 1971 and released under the Paris Peace Treaty in 1973. Laotian Civil War broke out between communist Pathet Lao and pro-American Kingdom of Laos. The Vietnamese public and state media generally refers to the CPV simply as Đảng ("the Party") or Đảng ta ("our Party"). It is responsible to for studying topics put forth by the Politburo and the Secretariat, and topics set forth by its own members. Nguyễn Phú Trọng was also Chairman of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2011. At the same time, he did advanced theoretical study at the Academy of Nguyen Ai Quoc (1989-1991). The current party's leader is Nguyễn Phú Trọng, who holds the titles of General Secretary of the Central Committee, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, and the presidency of Vietnam. The Communist Party of Laos on Friday named Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith as its new secretary general, replacing retiring chief Bounnhang Vorachit, state media reported as … At the Congress of the 12th National Party was elected to the Party Central Committee, the Central Government is elected to the Politburo. [23][24] Asked a year later in Paris about the fate of Tạ Thu Thâu's and his comrades Ho Chi Minh is recorded by Daniel Guerin as replying "All those who do not follow the line which I have laid down will be broken.” [25]. In 2003, he was reprimanded for failing from to act in the Nam Cam corruption scandal when he headed the city government. January 2016: The 14th Conference of the Party Central Committee XI was nominated as the new President. He is also the President of Vietnam, de jure head of state of Vietnam, in office since 23 October 2018. [41] Lê Duẩn died on 10 July 1986, a few months before the sixth Party Congress. [87] The party does not only have foreign relations with communist parties; relations with non-communist parties have been established because their countries are economically important to Vietnam. [47] In 1994, four new members were appointed to the seventh Politburo, all of whom opposed radical reform. Promoted to Major General in 2003; he was appointed associate professor in 2003 and he was appointed professor in 2009. It is also known for the advocacy of what it calls a "socialist-oriented market economy" while another ideology of CPV, the Ho Chi Minh Thought, introduced by Ho which combines Vietnamese culture, French revolutionary ideas, liberal ideas, Marxist–Leninist communist ideals and Ho Chi Minh's personal qualities. The Central Committee implements the decisions of the National Congress during the five-year period between congresses. PlanetRulers - Current Heads of State & Dictators. Success will depend on correct policies, political spirit, leadership capacity, and the fighting strength of the Party".[82]. [26] Although he convinced Emperor Bảo Đại to abdicate, his government was not recognized by any country. – Born on October 8, 1942. He was also appointed head of the party’s economic commission at this time. At the 6th party plenum in March 1989, he was elevated to full central committee member. [7] The other faction of Youth League, based in the Cochinchina (southern) region of the country, held a conference in Saigon and declared themselves the Communist Party of Annam (An Nam Cộng sản Đảng) in late 1929. – December 1997 to January 2000: Elected to the Party’s Politburo at the fourth Conference of the eighth Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Party Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation. He was a graduate student at Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration (1994-1997). – December 1991 to December 1996: Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of Song Be province, elected to the Communist Party Central Committee at the eighth National Party Congress, and deputy to the ninth National Assembly. [42] A Politburo meeting held between 25 and 30 August 1986, paved the way for more radical reforms; the new reform movement was led by Trường Chinh. On 3 October 2018, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam formally nominated Nguyễn Phú Trọng to be the next President of Vietnam to be voted on the next session of the National Assembly where the party holds an overwhelming majority, making him the third person to simultaneously head the party and the state after Ho Chi Minh (in North Vietnam only) and Trường Chinh. Sometimes referred to as the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP). [82], Unlike in capitalist countries, a socialist-oriented market economy does not "wait for the economy to reach a high level of development before implementing social progress and fairness, nor 'sacrifice' social progress and fairness to the pursuit of mere economic growth". The Central Committee is elected,[51] delegates vote on policies and candidates are elected to posts within the central party leadership. Ambassador Michael Michalak. [81], According to the party's General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, during the transition to socialism, socialist factors of development compete with non-socialist factors, which include capitalist factors. On 23 October 2018, Nguyễn Phú Trọng was elected as the 9th President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in a meeting of the sixth session of the National Assembly. She is the first female head of state in a communist country since Sabine Bergmann-Pohl of East Germany. It was in 1941 when Vietnam had two foreign powers occupying them, that communist Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh arrived back in Vietnam after spending 30 years traveling the world. [89] The party has emphasized the importance of relations with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the Cambodian People's Party. The National Congress is the party's highest organ,[50] and is held once every five years. The two ideologies serve as guidance for the activities of the party and state. [3], In 1928 the headquarters of the Youth League in Canton was forced underground by Chinese nationalists led by the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party - KMT). There have been persistent rumors that Mạnh is the son of Hồ Chí Minh. Nguyễn said: "Along with positive aspects, there will always be negative aspects and challenges that need to be considered wisely and dealt with timely and effectively. Nông Đức Mạnh (born on 11 September 1940 (age 66) in Cuong Loi, Na Ri District, Bac Kan province, Vietnam, Asia) is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). [76] Because of the Đổi Mới reforms, the party could not base its rule on defending only the workers and the peasants, which was officially referred to as the "working class-peasant alliance". Nguyen Phu Trong, a northerner, was selected secretary general at the Congress. The supremacy of the Communist Party is guaranteed by Article 4 of the national constitution. It is the duty of the Politburo to ensure that resolutions of the Party Congress and the Central Committee are implemented nationally. A frail and benign-looking old man in peasant garb or Mao jacket, the leader of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam seemed perfectly described as ‘Uncle Ho,’ an epithet bestowed upon him by friend and enemy alike. [48] At the fourth Central Committee plenum of the eighth Party Congress, Lê Khả Phiêu was elected General Secretary and Đỗ Mười, Lê Đức Anh and Võ Văn Kiệt officially resigned from politics and were elected Advisory Council of the Central Committee. -June 2006: elected State President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam at the ninth session of the 11th National Assembly. [49] Nông Đức Mạnh held the top spot until the 11th National Congress (held in 2011) and was succeeded by Nguyễn Phú Trọng. As General Secretary, Nguyễn Phú Trọng heads the party’s Secretariat and is the Secretary of the Central Military Commission in addition to being the de facto head of the Politburo, the highest decision-making body in Vietnam, which currently makes him the most powerful person in Vietnam. She became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam on 19 November 1979. According to the party, "a socialist market-oriented economy is a multi-sectoral commodity economy, which operates in accordance with market mechanisms and a socialist orientation". All is the search for dollars. The war lasted from 1960 to 1975 and spilled over into Laos and Cambodia. Lê Hồng Anh, the Minister of Public Security, was ranked second in the 10th Politburo because he received the second-highest number of approval votes. "[35], The fourth Party Congress comprised 1,008 delegates who represented 1,553,500 party members, an estimated three percent of the Vietnamese population. [52] It delegates some of its powers to the Secretariat and the Politburo when it is not in session. Sang has been a member of the politburo since 1996. [38], While Lê Duẩn continued to believe in the goals set in the Third Five-Year Plan,[39] leading members within the Communist Party were losing their trust in the system. What we see, why we worry, why we hope: Vietnam going forward. The Politburo can implement policies which have been approved by either the previous Party Congress or the Central Committee. The movement then declared a new, independent provisional Vietnamese government. During its first five years of existence, the ICP attained a membership of about 1500 and had a large contingent of sympathizers. The facilities of socialism are the forces generated by modern advanced production. From 1976 to 1980, Mạnh served as the deputy director of the provincial forestry service and director of the construction company of the provincial forestry service. [73], Since the Republic was founded, the key ideology has been Marxism–Leninism, but since the introduction of a mixed economy in the late 1980s and 1990s, it has lost its monopolistic ideological and moral legitimacy. In 1951, during the war for independence, the officially dissolved Communist Party was officially re-established and renamed the Worker's Party of Vietnam (Đảng lao động Việt Nam), often abbreviated as WPV and nicknamed the Lao Dong Party. [60] The General Secretary holds the post of Secretary of the Central Military Commission, the party's highest military affairs organ. The logic is that difference in the ownership of productions lead to different modes of production. [77] In the constitution introduced in 1992, the State represented the "workers, peasants and intellectuals". The Communist Party traces its lineage back to 1925, when Hồ Chí Minh established the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League (Hội Việt Nam Cách mạng Thanh niên), commonly referred to as Youth League (Hội Thanh niên). It is also responsible for matters related to organization and personnel, and has the right to prepare and convene a Central Committee plenary session. Rising with the party ranks, Mạnh was a member of the Bac Thai Provinicial Party Committee from 1976 to 1983. [14] Despite its position as the core of the Vietminh organization, the Indochinese Communist Party remained very small through the war years, with an estimated membership of between 2,000 and 3,000 in 1944. In Congress 11th National Party was elected to the Party Central Committee, the Central Government is elected to the Political Bureau. It was in this mood that the 1985 price reform was introduced—market prices were introduced, which led to a sudden increase in inflation. Lê Duẩn (April 7, 1907 – July 10, 1986) was the main leader of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) for much of the Vietnam War, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The event, which runs from January 25 to February 2, will see the Communist Party of Vietnam draft a new five-year economic plan and overhaul most of its key leadership positions. [60], The Central Military Commission is appointed by the Politburo and includes members from the military. Only through this destruction can Vietnam transit to socialism. December 5, 2011: The Minister of Public Security, Lieutenant General Tran Dai Quang, was promoted to the rank of Colonel General by President Truong Tan Sang. He then travelled to Leningrad, Soviet Union, were he studied at the Forestry Institute until 1971. He began his career as a forestry worker and joined the revolution in 1958. During the war the Worker's Party of Vietnam also established its sub-branch in the south called People's Revolutionary Party of South Vietnam (Đảng Nhân dân Cách mạng Miền Nam Việt Nam) which aimed to lead the NLF. He currently serves as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in office since January 2011. It was the dialectical thinking method. [67] The 4th Central Theoretical Council was formed on 7 September 2016, and is currently headed by Politburo member Đinh Thế Huynh. Socialism creates labour organizations and a new form labourer with high discipline and productivity. According to the CIA, membership grew to about 400,000 members by 1950. 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