The phase of “turning over” of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam started about a year before the 12th party’s National Congress. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s trip to Beijing in April 2015 brought a benefit for him as China’s intelligent agency would assist the Vietnamese communist leader in consolidating power.
At the 12th National Congress, Nguyen Phu Trong was 72 too old to sit in the Politburo. However, he created a so-called special case to stay in the Politburo while then Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was kicked out of the most powerful body of the regime, even though the government leader was younger. With such a way, those with ambition understand that the General Secretary will not easily give up power.
The 12th National Congress ended on January 28, 2016, and the very next day, Chinese leader Xi Jinping sent his special envoy, Tong Dao, to Hanoi to work. This is considered as Xi’s guarantee for Nguyen Phu Trong’s stable position.
As for Nguyen Tan Dung, after being removed from the political arena, he was able to reset some of his people, including Dinh La Thang, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Hoang Trung Hai, and Nguyen Van Binh. Except for Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, who was a member of the Politburo in 2013, the remaining 3 people all joined the Politburo and won important positions.
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is a woman, she also did not have the strength to “play war” with anyone, so she sat on the chair of the National Assembly until the end of her term, then withdrew quietly, without any “injury.” in this fierce battle. Nguyen Phu Trong saw the potential danger in Dinh La Thang’s person. Dinh La Thang is a big talker, very ambitious and dares to “take risks.” In contrast, Dinh La Thang also saw that, and Nguyen Phu Trong, Thang’s political career was difficult to rise.
Besides Dinh La Thang, Tran Dai Quang also disliked Nguyen Phu Trong. Quang is very ambitious, however, being put in the position of State President without real power is also something he does not want.
The fact that Nguyen Phu Trong occupies the special position shows that he has too great power ambitions. Besides Trong, there is Dinh The Huynh who also hoped to replace him. It seems that Trong saw it, so he spread the news through the “back door” telling the free media that he would hold the position of General Secretary for the second half of the term, and then hand it over to Dinh The Huynh. However, people like Dinh The Huynh are not easily fooled, Huynh also sees the lies in Trong. There was no way that Trong could make room for Dinh The Huynh.
Dinh La Thang, Tran Dai Quang, Dinh The Huynh, are three people with great ambition, and all three saw Nguyen Phu Trong as a major obstacle to their political career. So, these three people form an alliance that we temporarily call “treason alliance,” these people are determined to win or lose. These people want to remove old man Nguyen Phu Trong from the political arena, as Trong did with his political opponent.
Talking about Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, since Nguyen Tan Dung was eliminated, the situation and strength of Trong are completely different, the biggest enemy in the political arena has been eliminated. The rest of Nguyen Phu Trong is to rely on the forces that helped him before, now he continues to ask them to “clean up the trash.” Because with such a way of seizing power, Trong has made enmity with countless people. Meanwhile, he could not grasp the General Department of Military Intelligence (ie General Department 2), how could he be stable? Trong had to find a counter-intelligence force, and that was how he gained and kept power.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
