The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is pushing to formally criminalize “propaganda against the Communist Party” by establishing a standalone offense in the revised Penal Code, declaring the Party a “particularly important entity that must be protected.”

Latest Developments: The proposal is embedded within the Draft Policy Dossier for the Penal Code, which remains open for public consultation from April 17 to May 7. On page 17 of the submission, the MPS explicitly argues for classifying “propaganda against the Communist Party of Vietnam” as a newly defined act that is “dangerous to society.”