Government
| Country name: | conventional long form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam local short form: Viet Nam abbreviation: SRV local long form: Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam |
| Government type: | Communist state |
| Capital: | Hanoi |
| Administrative divisions: | 58 provinces (tinh, singular and plural), and 3 municipalities (thu do, singular and plural) |
| Independence: | 2 September 1945 (from France) |
| National holiday: | Independence Day, 2 September (1945) |
| Constitution: | 15 April 1992 |
| Legal system: | based on communist legal theory and French civil law system |
| Suffrage: | 18 years of age; universal |
| Executive branch: | chief of state: President Nguyen Minh TRIET; Vice President Nguyen Thi DOAN head of government: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan DUNG; Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh HUNG, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung HAI, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien NHAN, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia KHIEM, and Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh TRONG cabinet: Cabinet appointed by president based on proposal of prime minister and confirmed by National Assembly elections: president elected by the National Assembly from among its members for five-year term; prime minister appointed by the president from among the members of the National Assembly; deputy prime ministers appointed by the prime minister; appointment of prime minister and deputy prime ministers confirmed by National Assembly |
| Legislative branch: | unicameral National Assembly or Quoc-Hoi (498 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) |
| Judicial branch: | Supreme People’s Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president) |
SOURCES: The CIA World Factbook, U.S. Department of State, Area Handbook of the US Library of Congress
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