🇻🇳 Vietnam Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇻🇳 Vietnam VN / VNM #65

Nomad Score 62.0

Cities 25

Region Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indochina, Sinosphere, Digital Nomad Hubs, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Asia, Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Tiger Cub Economies, Next Eleven, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries

Currency VND

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary communist state

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 41/100

Press Freedom (2025) 19.7/100 #173

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.146

HDI 0.766

Regional Blocs ASEAN

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary communist state

Title	Name
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam	Tô Lâm
President of Vietnam	Lương Cường

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 41 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 19.7 / 100

Global Rank #173 / 180

Rank Change +1 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #171 13.8

Economic #173 19.2

Legal #171 19.2

Social #172 21.0

Safety #166 25.6

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.146

Liberal 0.102

Participatory 0.164

Deliberative 0.181

Egalitarian 0.163

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	19.7	173	13.8	19.2	19.2	21.0	25.6
2024	22.3	174	13.2	20.6	28.4	23.5	25.9
2023	24.6	178	23.8	17.2	18.4	33.0	30.7
2022	26.1	174	32.3	18.7	27.5	34.7	17.4
2021	21.5	175	-	-	-	-	32.0
2020	25.3	175	-	-	-	-	35.2
2019	25.1	176	-	-	-	-	36.2
2018	25.0	175	-	-	-	-	34.0
2017	26.0	175	-	-	-	-	31.9
2016	25.7	175	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	27.4	175	-	-	-	-	25.1
2014	27.6	174	-	-	-	-	-
2013	28.2	172	-	-	-	-	-
2012	114.0	172	-	-	-	-	-
2010	75.8	165	-	-	-	-	-
2009	81.7	166	-	-	-	-	-
2008	86.2	168	-	-	-	-	-
2007	79.3	162	-	-	-	-	-
2006	67.3	155	-	-	-	-	-
2005	73.3	158	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index