Legislation on direct democracy in modern Vietnam

Abstract

In recent years , direct democracy has received more and more attention and has become the subject of much research in the field of political science . The development of direct democracy is seen as a mean of consolidating modern democracy . Therefore , most democratic countries in the world have been making efforts to build appropriate mechanisms to promote the positive effects of this form of democracy , including Vietnam . Characterized as a developing country with a single-party ruling political system , Vietnam aims to build a united and cohesive society on the basis of ensuring the people’s mastery through direct and representative democracy . Since entering the period of renovation ( since 1986), direct democracy has been of more interest in Vietnam along with the legal basis system for this form of democracy is increasingly improved . However , it must be acknowledged that , for a country that has not had a long history of implementing democracy , especially direct democracy , the Vietnamese legal system that regulates this field still has many limitations . The article gives an overview of the current legal system of direct democracy in Vietnam , thereby analyzing a number of limitations and shortcomings and orienting some solutions to overcome these problems .