United States Department of State, U.S. Department of State
Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1993 - Vietnam, 30
January 1994, available at:
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Member States. VIETNAM The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV)
is a one-party state ruled by the Vietnamese Communist Party
(VCP). A 13-member Politburo and a Party Central Committee are
nominally elected by a party congress held about every 5 years.
The Politburo provides guidelines, often in the form of specific
directives, that shape government policies. Despite the adoption
of a new Constitution in 1992 that provides for the rule of law
and respect for human rights, in practice the Government
continued to restrict individual rights on national security