Due to the initiation of economic reforms in the late 1980s, the centralised system of labour management in Vietnam was gradually dismantled and replaced by a more independent and flexible labour market. However, by labelling the economic model as ‘socialist-oriented market economy’, the Communist Party of Vietnam has still declared to commit to socialist ideologies. This chapter, therefore, seeks to understand to what extent the legacy of the high socialist era has continued to shape contemporary Vietnamese labour law. By investigating the approach of local authorities to strike resolution and its underlying regulatory ideas, the chapter argues that fundamental socialist ideals and Marxist-Leninist principles remained to have strong impact on strike management from 1995 to 2013. Nevertheless, it also argues that socialist and Marxist–Leninist influences were eroded over time, along with the emergence of more practical, pro-capitalist and liberal thought.