Constitution of Vietnam

Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Front page of the Constitution on the Official Gazette, released on December 29, 2013
Overview
Original titleHiến pháp nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
JurisdictionVietnam
RatifiedNovember 28, 2013
Date effectiveJanuary 1, 2014
System One-party unitary socialist republic
Government structure
Branches3 (executive, legislative and judiciary)
Head of statePresident of Vietnam
Chambers National Assembly (unicameral)
Executive Prime Minister
Judiciary Supreme People's Court
FederalismNo
Electoral collegeNo
CitationThe Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (PDF), December 29, 2013
Supersedes1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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The Vietnamese Constitution or the Constitution of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hiến pháp Việt Nam), fully the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hiến pháp nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), is the fundamental and supreme law of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The current constitution was adopted on November 28, 2013, by the Thirteenth National Assembly and took effect on January 1, 2014, being the third constitution adopted by the Vietnamese state since the political reunification of the country in 1976.