Abstract

This article examines the Communist Party of Vietnam’s perspectives and policies on social critique in lawmaking during the Đổi mới period. Although these perspectives are reflected in various Party documents, they have been articulated most comprehensively from the 10th National Party Congress in 2006 to the 14th National Party Congress in 2026. This development demonstrates the Party’s increasingly systematic understanding of the necessity, objectives, principles, actors, subjects, scope, content, and methods of social critique. It also clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the agencies and organizations involved in social critique within Vietnam’s contemporary lawmaking process.

Keywords: Communist Party of Vietnam, Đổi mới, lawmaking, Party perspectives and policies, social critique.