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IndoChinese Communist Party (ICP)
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The new name of the Communist party after its revival in 1951, intended to disguise the organisations' communist character.
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Vietminh
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The Communist party that seized power from the French in the 1945 August Revolution.
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Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV)
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The Communist-dominated independent state in north Vietnam.
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Republic of Vietnam (RVN)
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The govt. of south Vietnam until 1975
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV)
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The unifies state of Vietnam after 1975
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Lao Dong Party/ Vietnamese Worker's Party
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A united nationalist front initiated and dominated by the ICP in opposing French colonialism and Japanese Fascism.
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Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP)
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The new name of the communist party upon reunification - combined the Lao Dong Party and the People's Revolutionary Party of the south.
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REASON
Why was the VCP able to effectively lead to the state? |
Their Party-State concept which extends their role at all level of govt.
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REASON
The dominance of the VCP |
- Popularity - saw doubling numbers from 1966 to 1976
- 1980 Constitution stated the VCP was the only force leading the state and the main factor determining all successes of the Viet. revolution. - Control of opposition |
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The make-up of Vietnam's centralisation of power
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- State Council - collective presidency (e.g. Ton Duc Thang)
- Council of Ministers - subordinate body to SC, Prime Minister (Pham Van Dong) - National Assembly - legislative body |
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Democratic centralism
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- Account for VCP's highly centralised power structure
- discussion within the party ultimately conform to the party leaders' decisions. |
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REASON FOR
Challenge of North-South integration |
-North-South Divide
- North has a socialist constitution and legal system while the south has none but the program of the National Front of Liberation. |
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How did Vietnam attempted unification?
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- Through political policies e.g. extension and integration of the DRV's party and political structure to the SRV like the party-state concept (1st National Assembly) & rehabilitation, relocation and reeducation of several million loyalist south members to re-education camps as part of ideological indoctrination.
- Economic policies e.g. moderate economic transformation of the south beginning 1975 |
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The most powerful position
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General Secretary of the CPV
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