The Vietnam government

In Vietnam, The Communist Party is the current ruling as well as the only Party. The socialist Republic of VietNam is a single-party State.

The State Machine is divided in to 3 branches: Executive, Judical and Legislature. The Legislature branch has the power of creating and changing the statutory law. The Legislature is known as The National Assembly. On the other hand, the Execute branch has the authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the State bureaucracy. The National Assembly includes 493 members, meets 2 times per year. The Assembly appoints the President (head of State) and the Prime Minister (head of government) and 21 members Cabinet.

Although the functions of the President are often Ceremonial, he is responsible for appointing the Prime Minister and the Cabinet among the members of National Assembly.

The Prime Minister is the most senior Minister of the Cabinet in the execute branch. The Prime Minister can select & dismiss other members of the Cabinet. He is the Head of the Government.

Vietnamese citizens who over 18 year old have the right & duty to vote in elections to select the representatives for them.