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Vietnam's Communist Party on Monday ruled out abandoning the one-party state, as it gears up for a key five-yearly congress this week.
'Vietnam has no demand (for) - and is determined not to have - pluralism or a multiparty system,' Dinh The Huynh, a member of the communists' elite Central Committee, said at a press conference.
Publicly advocating a multiparty system can bring a jail sentence in Vietnam, but Western countries have said greater freedom of expression and human rights could help the country's growth.
Mr Huynh said Vietnam had a multiparty system for its first elections in 1946.
'But when the French invaded the country, only the Communist Party of Vietnam together with the people fought,' he said.
'And now the Communist Party of Vietnam is still leading our people to continue winning victories in national construction and defence.' State radio on Monday morning broadcast a report lasting several minutes that argued against a multiparty system.
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