Conclusion
This chapter has outlined the current status of the legal system of Vietnam in order to demonstrate the progress and developments that Vietnam has achieved in this respect over the past 20 years.
In short, Vietnamese law-makers have recorded impressive achievements, gradually transforming the system from a state-controlled and subsidised regime where the concept oflaw was little known, to a market economy governed by the rule oflaw. As part of this process, Vietnam has managed to build a very comprehensive system of legislation as the foundaÂtion but that is only the first step. Vietnam needs to continue in this direction by building and improving the other necessary legal infrastructure such as the legal profession, the judiciary and the legal education system. All such incremental changes will at some point synchronise to produce a qualitative change in the Vietnamese legal system, taking Vietnam closer and closer to a society governed by the rule oflaw.