Vietnam

This is a study of Vietnam''s socialist transition andstate transformation generally known as i mi. It examines the drivers of socialist-regime change the nature of the i mi state and the basis of regime legitimacy in Vietnam. The Element argues that despite its ''one-party rule'' label the party-state apparatus that channels said rule has become fragmented. State-building during the i mi period involved negotiations and bargaining that redefine authority and power relations within the state apparatus. The party-state''s accountability projects are designed to target the specific self-aggrandizing tendencies of the state apparatus its policies and abuse of state power. At the leadership level patterns of resource allocation underlying the i mi growth model as well as the VCP''scadrerotation approach have accommodated central and sub-national state elites across sectors and levels helping shore up the legitimacy of the i mi state in the eyes of the state elite. The combination of sustained economic growth expansion of political space accountability and tolerance of small-scale public protests have been factors in strengthening regime-society legitimization.