Vietnam on the 12 axes
MOPGMarket ModernizerPragmatic, open to the world, run by what works.Vietnam is typed MOPG, the Market Modernizer. Religion is its strongest lean, Secular, as the state promotes atheism or tightly controls all religion (2025). Authority leans Strong leader, with a Liberal Democracy Index of 0.10 on a 0-1 scale (2025), and Security leans Order. Trade leans Global, with trade worth 190% of GDP (2025) and a weighted tariff of 1.07% (2022). Welfare leans Self-reliant, with total government spending of 21% of GDP (2025). Markets and Structure both sit near the centre.
China is the closest country at 80%. Both lean Strong leader, Order and National identity, but China sits at the Central pole on Structure and is far more National identity on Culture, while Vietnam sits at the centre on Structure. See how its politicians and historical figures compare on the page, or take the test to see how close you are to this profile.
Where Vietnam sits
- 01Ownership-30PublicPrivate
- PlannedFree
- 03Welfare+65SharedSelf-reliant
- 04Authority+85DemocraticStrong leader
- 05Security+65LibertyOrder
- LocalCentral
- 07Morality-30ProgressiveTraditional
- 08Religion-100SecularReligious
- 09Technology-50EmbraceCaution
- 10Culture+40MulticulturalNational identity
- 11Trade-70GlobalProtected
- CooperationStrength
Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built
Who is closest to how Vietnam is governed?
Each percentage compares a person's documented positions with the country's current profile, on the axes both have on record. A high score means their views match the status quo. A low one means they would change more.
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What is Vietnam's type on the 12 axes?
Read from its laws and institutions, Vietnam comes out as MOPG (Market Modernizer). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.
Which figure from Vietnam is closest to how it is governed today?
Of the people from Vietnam profiled here, Hồ Chí Minh sits closest to its current policy profile, at 67% on the axes both have on record.
Which countries are governed most like Vietnam?
On the 12 axes, China is closest at 80%, followed by Turkey at 75%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.