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The Emerging Civil Society: An Initial Assessment of Civil Society in Vietnam

This report provides interesting findings and detailed information on the strengths and weaknesses of civil society in Vietnam. The project found that civil society is operating in a slightly disabling environment and has a structure of limited strength. Civil society practices and promotes positive values to a moderate extent and its impact on society at large is relatively limited.

Notably, the values dimension of civil society is the strongest and the impact is the weakest dimension. Civil society can be characterized as very broad-based, through numerous civil society organizations. However, not all organizations are deeply anchored in civil society. The assessment also showed that there is considerable potential within civil society for further participation by individuals organized to work towards a better society.