List of political parties in Vietnam

This article lists political parties in Vietnam.

Vietnam is a Marxist–Leninist one-party state based on democratic centralism. Only one political party, the Communist Party of Vietnam () is legally allowed to hold effective power. Vietnamese elections conform to the popular front principle used in communist countries. The united front in Vietnam is called the Vietnam Fatherland Front and is led by the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Official parties PartyAbbr.FoundedIdeologyPolitical positionLeaderNational AssemblyCommunist Party of VietnamCPV1930Far-leftTô Lâm

Other parties Other parties exist outside Vietnam or secretly operate inside Vietnam as outlawed opposition and dissidents: PartyAbbr.IdeologyPolitical positionLeaderYears activeNational AssemblyVietnam Reform Revolutionary PartyViệt TânCentreLý Thái Hùng1982–2016Vietnamese Nationalist PartyVNQDĐCentre-left to centre-right1927–1975Great Viet Nationalist PartyĐVQDĐRight-wingTrần Trọng Đạt1939–present Bloc 8406 () (prohibited in Vietnam) Committee for a Workers International (prohibited in Vietnam) People's Action Party of Vietnam (PAP) () (outside Vietnam) Vietnam Populist Party (ĐVD) () (outside Vietnam, prohibited in Vietnam)

Many members of these parties have been jailed in Vietnam under the charge of "attempt to overthrow the government". Political rights are very limited in Vietnam, especially the right to change the form of government.United States Department of State

Defunct parties PartyAbbr.IdeologyPolitical positionLeaderYears activeLeague for Independence of VietnamViệt MinhFar-leftHồ Chí Minh1941–1955National Liberation Front of South VietnamViệt CộngFar-leftNguyễn Hữu Thọ1960–1977People's Revolutionary Party of VietnamPRPFar-leftVõ Chí Công1962–1976Democratic Party of VietnamLänder der Erde. Politisch-ökonomisches Handbuch. Berlin [Ost], 1971. ĐDCVNCentre-left to far-leftDương Đức Hiền1944–1988Socialist Party of VietnamĐXHVNLeft-wingPhan Tư Nghĩa1946–1988Vietnamese Democratic Socialist PartyVDSPCentre-leftHuỳnh Phú Sổ1946–1975Personalist Labor Revolutionary PartyPLRPCentreNgô Đình Diệm1954–1963National Social Democratic FrontNSDFBig tentNguyễn Văn Thiệu1967–1975Restoration League of VietnamVNQPHCentre-right to right-wingPhan Bội Châu1912–1925 Cochinese Democratic Party Constitutional Party Forces for National Reconciliation International Communist League Đại Việt National Socialist Party () (disbanded 1945) Daiviet Populist Revolutionary Party () New Vietnam Revolutionary Party () (disbanded 1930) Revolutionary Party of Young Annam () (disbanded 1930) Communist Party of Indochina () (disbanded 1930) Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League () (disbanded 1929) Communist Party of Annam () (disbanded 1930) Vanguard Youth () (disbanded 1945) Dai Viet Renaissance Society () (disbanded 1945) Communist League of Indochina () (disbanded 1930)

See also Politics of Vietnam List of ruling political parties by country

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