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Vietnam won independence and unification from the great powers such as France and the United States in the past. At present, it is a socialist country that pursues the most dynamic changes along with China, achieving economic growth of seven percent per annum under the political and social stabilization. People who have once lived in Vietnam can feel the liberal atmosphere and the power of capital. On the other hand, they can feel rigidity of authoritative bureaucracy and the atmosphere of a closed society when going deeper in business rather than economic liberty. We have thought that economic reform, opening and accompanying drastic social changes would collapse the existing political system and turn to democracy. Rather, we feel confused since North Korea stays with its system with millions of people dying of starvation, and Vietnam and China keeps the system even more firmly. Vietnam has induced foreign capital and achieved prominent economic growth in the world since the introduction of market economy in 1986. Have accompanying civil powers emerged and civil society grown? What are the particular forms, and how are they connected to the country and contribute to achieving both social and political stabilization and economic growth? This paper aims at give answers to those questions. During the course of it, we illuminate the present state of Vietnamese civil society and NGOs engaging in development in the inside and outside of the country under the national support.