Việt Tân
Vietnam Reform Revolutionary Party Việt Nam Canh tân Cách mạng Đảng | |
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| Abbreviation | Việt Tân |
| Chairman | Lý Thái Hùng |
| Spokesperson | Hà Đông Xuyến |
| Founder | Hoàng Cơ Minh |
| Founded | 10 September 1982 (43 years, 185 days) |
| Banned | 4 October 2016 (9 years, 161 days) |
| Newspaper | Vietnam Today |
| Ideology | |
| Colors | Blue and white |
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| National Assembly | 0 / 500 (Banned in Vietnam)
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| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| viettan | |
The Vietnam Reform Revolutionary Party (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Canh tân Cách mạng Đảng) or the Việt Tân (lit. 'the New Việt') is a political party that aims to establish liberal democracy and reform Vietnam through peaceful and political means.
The organization was founded on September 10, 1982, with Vice-admiral Hoàng Cơ Minh elected as chairman, which operated underground for two decades. On September 19, 2004, then-chairman Nguyễn Kim introduced Việt Tân as a public organization. Việt Tân's activities are rooted in the promotion of political change in Vietnam.
The organization is outlawed in Vietnam, and the government of Vietnam considers it "a terrorist force". The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has described Việt Tân as "a peaceful organization advocating for democratic reform". The U.S. government has stated that there is 'no evidence' that it is a terrorist organization.
The current executive director is Hoang Tu Duy.