Vietnam is officially a "Socialist Republic" whose political system is defined by the 1992 Constitution, amended in 2001. Only one party is allowed, the Vietnamese Communist Party that controls all the political institutions of the country. Article 4 of the Constitution states: "The Communist Party of Vietnam, the vanguard detachment of the working class, the faithful representative of the interests of the working class, the working people and the whole nation, a follower of Marxism-Leninism and the thought of Ho Chi Minh, is the leading force of the state and society"
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