Government

Government type	Single-party constitutional republic (Communist Party)
Head of State	Nguyen Minh Triet (President, Prime Minister and the nominal commander of the armed forces and chairman of the Council on National Defense and Security)
Independence	September 2, 1945 (from Japan)
Constitution	April 15, 1992
Legal system	based on communist legal theory and French civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage	Universal over 18
Administrative divisions	58 provinces, 5 municipalities (Can Tho, Haiphong, Danang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)

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