Vol:.(1234567890) Chinese Political Science Review (2020) 5:488–512 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41111-020-00162-1 1 3 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Ruling Mode of Communist Party of Vietnam in Theory and Practice Pham Quoc Thanh 1  · Bui Thanh Nam 1  · Nguyen Van Khanh 1  · Nguyen Quynh Nga 1  · Phi Thi Lan Phuong 1 Received: 9 December 2019 / Accepted: 12 September 2020 / Published online: 27 September 2020 © Fudan University 2020 Abstract In the Vietnamese political system, the Communist Party of Vietnam is the only political party in power. In this article, we focus on clarifying some theoretical and practical issues related to the ruling mode of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in which mainly focusing on analyzing the concept of ruling mode, the current status of ruling mode of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and the solutions to continue renewing the ruling mode of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the coming time. Keywords Party · Ruling political party · Ruling party · Vietnamese communist party · Ruling mode 1 Introduction The Communist Party of Vietnam was established in early 1930, the result of the combination of Marxism—Leninism, Ho Chi Minh ideology with the Vietnamese patriotic movement and worker movement in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. The birth of the Vietnamese Communist Party has created a turn- ing point in the Vietnamese revolutionary movement history. Under the leadership of the Party, the Vietnamese revolution achieved many great achievements. After the victory of the August Revolution in 1945, the Vietnamese Communist Party became the ruling party. It can be said that the ruling mode of the Communist Party of Vietnam is an interesting topic that attracts researchers and scientists. There have been a number of studies on the ruling mode of the Communist Party of Vietnam. However, many theoretical and practical issues about the ruling mode of the Communist Party of Vietnam need to be further clarifed. This article will answer the questions: What * Pham Quoc Thanh thanh.pham131@gmail.com 1 Faculty of Political Science, VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam