Presently, the Vietnamese State is facing two challenges. On the one hand, it has to
integrate the country into the free world market and its corollary of religious freedom, in order …

In the village of Phuc Nhac, in the province of Ninh Binh, about 120 kilometres south of Ha
Noi, stands a large whitewashed Catholic church. It is the worshipping centre of an active …

Globalization and international integration have created many favorable conditions for
Vietnam in the process of law-making and policy design for social management, but at the …

Like China, Vietnam is experiencing myriad transformations. Socialism has selectively
absorbed neoliberal ideas such as user-pay social services, economic deregulation, and …

Confucianism in Vietnam originated from the Vietnamese people's agricultural lifestyle and
continues to influence society today. As a set of social norms, Confucianism not only …

Each year brings a new round of accusations about human rights abuses in Vietnam.'During
the latest round, the US Department of State accused the Vietnamese government of a …

Few aspects of the Vietnamese legal system are more uncertain and controversial than the
meaning of socialist law. It influences the way the Communist Party of Vietnam 'leads' the …

After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, a general nationwide election was held on 4 April
1976. As a result of this election the first National Assembly ever to represent both the North …

I will start with an anecdote. On April 30, 1997, the day commemorating the twenty-second
anniversary of the liberation of Saigon, I accidentally knocked down a lady while rushing on …

The history of legality in Vietnam is inextricably bound up with the adaptation of foreign
ideas. Legality is broadly conceived to mean state rule through law. This chapter argues that …