Việt Tân
Vietnam Reform Revolutionary Party Việt Nam Canh tân Cách mạng Đảng | |
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| Chairman | Ly Thai Hung |
| Spokesperson | Hà Đông Xuyến |
| Founder | Hoàng Cơ Minh |
| Founded | September 10, 1982 |
| Banned | October 4, 2016 |
| Newspaper | Vietnam Today |
| Ideology | Reformism Liberalism Liberal democracy Vietnamese nationalism Classical pluralism Anti-communism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Colors | Blue and white |
| Slogan | English: Ending the dictatorship – Renovating the country Vietnamese: Chấm dứt độc tài – Canh tân đất nước |
| National Assembly | 0 / 500 (Banned in Vietnam)
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The Vietnam Reform Revolutionary Party or the Việt Tân (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Canh tân Cách mạng Đảng) is an organisation 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 non-violent 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.