The outskirts of Hanoi, with posters singer Khanh Ly, who once banned in Vietnam
More than 60 leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam elders wrote an open letter to the Party, called for 'an end to socialism and dependency on China.'
Letter dated July 28 was signed among others by former Chinese ambassador to Vietnam, a former deputy minister, and well-known economists.
Reads the contents of the Communist Party "has brought us to the wrong path with the goal of Soviet socialism affected."
The signatories consider party policies and problems of corruption brought the country into a severe crisis.
They also accused the party leaders rely heavily on China politically and economically.
The letter urges the party to bring an action against China to the international court for disputes in the South China Sea.
They called on the Party to "take off the wrong way socialism, to go national and democratic way, with emphasis on changing the totalitarian system to a democratic system."
The open letter was published in the midst of preparations to face the Communist Party Congress in 2016 to choose a new leader.
According to their congress is the right time to implement policy changes.
Various open letters with similar messages have been disseminated via the Internet but never received an official response.
