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Vietnam, a member of the United Nations among other organizations, is a single party Communist state, with the dominant party being the Communist Party of Vietnam. While there is no legal opposition party to Communism, there are a number of insurgent groups which participate in civil disobedience and demonstrations against the government. Most of these groups are located overseas, some in France. The most well known of these groups is the Government of Free Vietnam, which has launched several guerilla raids into the country. The Vietnamese government considers these attacks terrorism and opposes them. Vietnam has applied for membership to the World Trade Organization.

A number of religions are present in Vietnam, but a vast majority of the country claim no interest or affiliation with any religion. Of the approximately 20% who do claim a religion, Buddhism is the most popular. Roman Catholicism has a presence in Vietnam and is the second most popular religion, after Buddhism. The Protestant church has a small following, as does Islam. Confucianism is enormously popular in Vietnam as well.

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