Still a Developing Country

Organisation World Economic Forum World Bank United Nations Development Programme Transparency International Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal Reporters Without Borders Survey
Global Competitiveness Report 2011-12 (-6) Ease of Doing Business Report, 2012 (-5) Human Development Index 2011 (nil change) Corruption Perceptions Index 2011 (+4) Index of Economic Freedom 2012 (+8)

Ranking
65 out of 142 98 out of 183 128 out of 187 112 out of 182 136 out of 179

Worldwide Press Freedom 172 out of Index 2011-12 (-7) 179

Article 4 The Communist Party of Vietnam, the vanguard of the Vietnamese working class acting upon the Marxist-Leninist doctrine and Ho Chi Minh's thought, is the force leading the State and society. All Party organisations operate within the framework of the Constitution and the law.
-1992 State Constitution

Vietnam Communist Party

The State Mass Armed Forces Organisations

>3.5 million members

Congress 1,377 delegates

Central Committee 175 members

Politburo 14 members

Secretary General

11th National Congress January 2011

Nguyn Ph Trng Secretary-General

175 full and 25 alternate members, Central Committee required to meet in plenary session twice a year.

President Head of State/CIC

Chairman National Assembly

Prime Minister Cabinet

Administrative Divisions 59 provinces 5 municipalities

Hanoi Haiphong Da Nang Ho Chi Minh City Can Tho

Nguyn Sinh Hng - Chair 500 deputies from 64 administrative units Bi-annual sessions National Assembly Standing Committee

Proceedings broadcast on radio and television, voting results made public, full-time deputies, Ministers grilled, legislation amended, two of the Prime Ministers Cabinet nominees rejected, confidence vote, reviewed bauxite contract with Chinese firm, high-speed rail rejected

From collective leadership to ministerial responsibility

Heads Cabinet

Member of Politburo

Secretary General

Prime Minister

President

Permanent Secretary Party Secretariat

Chair National Assembly Standing Committee

Vietnam Communist Party Peoples Armed Forces General Confederation of Labour Farmers Union Youth Union Womens Union Veterans Union

December 1999 Land Border Agreement 227 sq. km disputed area China received 114 sq km Vietnam received 113 sq km Complete demarcation by end 2007 Border management agreement in 2008

Agreement on demarcation (December 2000) Agreement on fisheries (2000) Search and Rescue Exercises and naval port visits

11 joint naval patrols

USS John D. Stennis April 2009

USS Jacksonville (SSN 699), Pacific Command, Dec 2009

USS George H.W. Bush Aug 2010

USS George Washington Aug 2010

$12billion decit withChina

$9billion surplus withthe US

Economic andTrade Rela:ons

4. Strategic Setting

Vietnams Maritime Development Strategy to 2020

Force Modernisation

Su-27 UBK Flanker

Su-30 MKKs Fulcrum

S-300 PMU1 (SA-10 Grumble)

BPS 500 Missile Boat

Svetlyak-class Fast Attack Craft

BPS 500 Missile Boat

Gepard-class Guided Missile Frigates

Extended Range Artillery Munitions

Bastion Anti-Ship Missile BrahMos Cruise Missile

Managing great power relations Border issues Force modernization East Sea sovereignty disputes