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Vietnamese Fatherland Front
The
Vietnamese Fatherland Front
founded February 1977 (merged Vietnamese Fatherland Front of
North Vietnam
,
National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
(Viet Cong) and Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces of Việt Nam in the
South Vietnam
), is an umbrella group of pro-government "mass movements" in
Vietnam
, and has close links to the
Communist Party of Vietnam
and the Vietnamese government. It is an amalgamation of many smaller groups, including the Communist Party itself. Other groups that participated in the establishment of the Front were the remnants of the
Viet Cong
, the
Vietnamese General Confederation of Labour
, Vietnamese Pioneer Young Union and the
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union
(aka the Hồ Chí Minh Youth). It also included the
Democratic Party of Vietnam
and
Socialist Party of Vietnam
, until they were disbanded in 1988. It also incorporates some officially sanctioned religious groups.
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