📅 15 December 1986
The congress began adopting economic reforms that loosened central planning and expanded market mechanisms under continued one-party rule. Đổi Mới responded to economic crisis and transformed...
📅 15 December 1986
The Communist Party of Vietnam convened its Sixth National Congress in Hanoi. Delegates debated a severe economic crisis and the limits of centralized planning. The opening of the congress began the...
📅 18 December 1986
At the close of the congress, the party adopted a reform course later known as Đổi Mới. The changes expanded market mechanisms and household production while retaining one-party rule. Their effects...
