List of political parties in Vietnam

This article lists political parties in Vietnam.

Vietnam is a Marxist–Leninist one-party state based on democratic centralism. Only one political party, the Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam) is legally allowed to hold effective power. Vietnamese elections conform to the popular front principle used in communist countries. The united front in Vietnam is called the Vietnamese Fatherland Front and is led by the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Other parties
Only the Communist Party of Vietnam is legal to operate in Vietnam, other parties exist outside Vietnam or secretly operate inside Vietnam:
 * Bloc 8406 (Khối 8406) (prohibited in Vietnam)
 * Committee for a Workers International (prohibited in Vietnam)
 * Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam (DVQDĐ) (Đại Việt Quốc dân đảng) (outside Vietnam)
 * People's Action Party of Vietnam (PAP) (Đảng Nhân Dân Hành Động Việt Nam) (outside Vietnam)
 * Vietnamese Nationalist Party (VNQDĐ) (Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng) (outside Vietnam)
 * Vietnam Reform Revolutionary Party (Việt Tân) (Việt Nam Canh Tân Cách Mạng Đảng) (outside Vietnam, prohibited in Vietnam)
 * Vietnam Populist Party (ĐVD) (Đảng Vì Dân) (outside Vietnam, prohibited in Vietnam)

Many members of these parties have been jailed in Vietnam under the charge of "attempt to overthrow the government". Political rights are very limited in Vietnam, especially the right to change the form of government.

Defunct parties

 * Cochinese Democratic Party
 * Constitutional Party
 * Democratic Party of Vietnam (Đảng Dân Chủ Việt Nam) (disbanded in 1988)
 * Forces for National Reconciliation
 * International Communist League (Vietnam)
 * National Social Democratic Front (Mặt trận Quốc gia Dân chủ Xã hội) (disbanded in 1975)
 * Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party (Cần lao Nhân vị Cách Mạng Ðảng) (disbanded in 1963)
 * Socialist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Xã hội Việt Nam) (disbanded in 1988)
 * Viet Cong (National Liberation Front of South Vietnam)
 * Đại Việt National Socialist Party (Đại Việt Quốc gia Xã hội Đảng) (disbanded 1945)
 * Daiviet Populist Revolutionary Party (Đại-việt Duy-dân Cách-mệnh Đảng)
 * Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party (Đảng Dân chủ Xã hội Việt Nam)
 * Viet Minh (Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh) (disbanded 1951)
 * New Vietnam Revolutionary Party (Tân-Việt Kách-mệnh Đảng) (disbanded 1930)
 * Revolutionary Party of Young Annam (Tan-Viet-Cach- Manh-Bung) (disbanded 1930)
 * Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League (Việt Nam Thanh Niên Cách Mệnh Đồng Chí Hội) (disbanded 1929)
 * Việt Nam Quang Phục Hội (disbanded 1925)
 * Communist Party of Annam (An Nam cộng sản Đảng) (disbanded 1930)
 * Vanguard Youth (Thanh niên Tiền phong) (disbanded 1945)
 * People's Revolutionary Party of Vietnam (Đảng Nhân dân Cách mạng Việt Nam) (disbanded 1975)
 * Dai Viet Renaissance Society (Đại Việt Phục hưng Hội) (disbanded 1945)
 * Communist League of Indochina (Đông Dương Cộng sản Liên đoàn) (disbanded 1930)