Vietnam is a Communist Country

My Final RefutationsDoi Moi ReformsCon states that just because the majority of businesses and banks are state-owned does not make Vietnam a communist country. This proves that communism still has a stronghold on their economy and that it really insn't that socialist-oriented.Read this:Aspirant members of the middle class have seen their savings wiped out by speculative investments gone wrong. State-owned companies are bloated, bankrupt and heavily indebted to state-owned banks. Land clearance for commercial development has been managed so ruthlessly that farmers, long a bulwark of the regime, are turning mutinous. Confidence in the party's economic management has been severely shaken. (1)The reason why people have turned mutinous is because they are still unhappy with the how the communist party still doesn't allow the people the right economic freedom. Therefore, their economy is absolutely communist and that it is still far from socialist-oriented.Free Market IndexMy opponent claims that Vietnam is just mostly unfree, with state-police officers just like anybody i.e. Houston, Texas. I strongly disagree with this point, as we can look at this. According to YaleGlobal, "Younger Vietnamese not only loathe corrupt cops, venal officials and mindless propaganda; many also can imagine a world without them." The people are still far from free and in one recent case, Vietnam followed China’s hard line policy on dissidence by arresting blogger Cu Huy Ha Vu in 2010 for expressing political dissent. Like I mentioned before, the country is still very similar to when it first became a communist country. In Texas, at least you're allowed to express disatisfaction with your government without getting arrested by corrupt state-police officers.ContentionsVietnam's Communist GovernmentAs I mentioned before, the Communist Party has a political monopoly that oppresses the people. Vietnam really isn't a democracy since the Communist Party will always be in power since you cannot express political dissent or argue against them. They will continue to rule the people with corrupt state police officers unless someone starts a revolution (good thing I'm not in Vietnam right now, they'd probably arrest me like they did to Cu Huy Ha Vu.) We can obviously see that they're not giving power to the Vietnamese people and that the party is still in full control. The only reason why the idependent party is running is so it seems like Vietnam is giving power to the people. If so many people are against communism, why isn't the independent party in? (Corruption)People are still OppressedIn my refutations, I claimed that the state police officers are corrupt and arrest people that express strong disatisfaction. Guards standing by John F. Kennedy's are nothing like the intimidating state police officers constantly roaming around and arresting people who are expressing political dissent. Therefore, they are still oppressed considering that they're censored in the media, arrested for expressing politcal dissent, and are ruled by corrupt state police officers.ConclusionCon only pointed out that their economy is slightly more free than 40 years ago. I mentioned in the first round, that he had to prove that they had a different politcal structure which he didn't prove very well. They are obviously still communist since their party rules Vietnam and is oppresive to people and still has a communist economy that is barely more free than 40 years ago. I urge voters to vote Pro. It was a pleasure debating 1historygenious.Sources:1.http://yaleglobal.yale.edu...