ABSTRACT
Marxism-Leninism has represented the intellectual and theoretical foundation for Vietnam’s tremendous historical achievements during the Doi moi (renewal) period. This article focuses on presenting and analyzing the application of Marxist-Leninist principles in building socialism in Vietnam during the Doi moi period, starting with an overview of a number of basic principles of Marxism-Leninism to which Vietnam has paid special attention, and which it has researched and applied during the period concerned. The five fundamental points of the theoretical framework of the basic line for renewal in Vietnam represent the innovative application and development of Marxism-Leninism by the Communist Party of Vietnam in the Doi moi period. At the same time, the article examines five major perspectives for developing and applying Marxist-Leninist ideas in the renewal and construction of socialism in Vietnam today.
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1 Hereafter, the original version is cited as the “1991 Platform,” and the amended version as the “2011 Platform.”
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Van Loi Le
Van Loi Le is a professor and Doctor of Philosophy. He currently holds the positions of Deputy Director and Vice Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Hanoi, Vietnam. He is a member of the Central Council of Theoretical Studies of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and is on the editorial boards of the Political Theory Journal and the Journal of Socialism: Theory and Practice, as well as of the Political Theory Information Journal of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics. His research interests include Marxist theory, socialism in Vietnam, and the Vietnamese nation, religion, and culture. As author or editor, he has published numerous books on a range of subjects. These works, which won the “Vietnam National Book Award,” include Religious Culture in the Spiritual Life of Vietnamese Society Today (in Vietnamese; Political Theory Publishing House, Hanoi, 2012) and Ho Chi Minh: Symbol of Peace and Friendship between Vietnam and the World (National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, 2020). He is also the author of more than 100 papers published in Vietnamese academic journals and in a number of foreign journals.