DEVELOPING THE SOCIALIST-ORIENTED MARKET ECONOMY IN VIETNAM TODAY

Developing a socialist-oriented market economy is an important part in the economic leadership poli- cy of the Communist Party of Vietnam during the renovation period (1986 to present). Market economy is a pre- vailing economic mode of human civilization that owns popular features reflecting full characteristics and rules of the market. Socialist orientation is Vietnam's creativity with specific features, fully reflecting the nature and characteristics of socialism Vietnam is building. The dialectical combination of popularity and specificity, of market economy and socialist orientation under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam is a success of Vietnam. The paper focuses on clarifying the views of the Communist Party of Vietnam on the development of a socialist-oriented market economy, practices of its building and developing process in Vietnam; thereby, proposing solutions to continue developing socialist-oriented market economy in the future