Vietnam: Authoritarian or Democratic?
Following the democratization of The United States of America after their secession from Britain, democracy spread to other states through various reforms. Many states, however, still hold on to authoritarianism as their modus operandi. A form of government defined by strong central power and limited political freedoms, authoritarianism chiefly describes Vietnam’s government today.
Freedom House’s Report of Vietnam in 2006 described the Vietnamese government as “a one-party Communist state, an authoritarian regime that uses coercion and threats of violence to maintain its monopoly on power. There are no independent media, and many of the constitutionally enshrined rights, such as assembly and freedom of
Following the democratization of The United States of America after their secession from Britain, democracy spread to other states through various reforms. Many states, however, still hold on to authoritarianism as their modus operandi. A form of government defined by strong central power and limited political freedoms, authoritarianism chiefly describes Vietnam’s government today.
Freedom House’s Report of Vietnam in 2006 described the Vietnamese government as “a one-party Communist state, an authoritarian regime that uses coercion and threats of violence to maintain its monopoly on power. There are no independent media, and many of the constitutionally enshrined rights, such as assembly and freedom of