>Laos communism and Vietnam communism are very similar
No they're not; Vietnam scores much higher than Laos on any measure of economic freedom/property rights.
>Laos communism and Vietnam communism are very similar
No they're not; Vietnam scores much higher than Laos on any measure of economic freedom/property rights.
They are culturally very close, and have the same theoricians. That's enough for 'very similar', just like US and UK have a very similar brand of capitalism, despite UK having a better Gini coefficient, a way better press freedom index and higher life expectancy.