Unambiguously socialist in the traditional sense and uses a planned economy- Cuba and DPRK
Uses a capitalist mode of production, has a socialist government and constitution- China, Vietnam, Laos
Has a socialist ruling party majority but lacks a socialist constitution, meaning right wing parties still have some influence- Venezuela, Nepal, Bolivia
Nicaragua would fit in third category but I heard they are recently transitioning more towards proper socialism so I will just leave them out for now.
I’d place them in three categories:
Unambiguously socialist in the traditional sense and uses a planned economy- Cuba and DPRK
Uses a capitalist mode of production, has a socialist government and constitution- China, Vietnam, Laos
Has a socialist ruling party majority but lacks a socialist constitution, meaning right wing parties still have some influence- Venezuela, Nepal, Bolivia
Nicaragua would fit in third category but I heard they are recently transitioning more towards proper socialism so I will just leave them out for now.
I agree with most of this, but China, Vietnam and Laos all plan their economies as well