Authority Relations and Economic Decision-Making in Vietnam : An Historical Perspective Book

	Preface	7
	Introduction	11
1	Establishment of the DRV Institutions: 1945-55	15
2	The Party State: 1955-86	33
	The Government Machinery	37
	The Party Machinery	40
	Relations between the Party and State Apparatus	46
	Reciprocality of the Two Systems	49
	Relations between the Centre and Localities	52
	The Decision-Making Process	58
	The Role of Leading Party Personalities	61
	Legislation and Implementation	70
3	The High Reform Period: 1986-Present	85
	Transformation of the Role and Function of the Party	88
	Increasing Role and Power of the Legislature and Government	91
	Concluding Remarks	101
	Bibliography	107
	Index	111