Before 8th Plenum: Why is PM Pham Minh Chinh still not safe? (Part 2)

 

In our part one article dated August 30, we covered some interesting details, which are worth repeating.

 

That is:

First, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has come up from the intelligence general of the Ministry of Public Security and has experience in organizational work. So in the race for the seat of General Secretary next term, Chinh plays a strategy to block opponents. That is, for any comrade who is supported by incumbent General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the next party chief, those will immediately receive blackmail messages hinting at their mistakes, if revealed to be deadly. As National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, if General Department 2 were to investigate and clarify the fake invoices, in which Do Huu Ca was a link, “the whole ring would die.”

Second, Bloomberg commented that Vo Van Thuong, a 52-year-old Politburo member who replaced Nguyen Xuan Phuc as the State President, most likely to be the leader of the list to replace Nguyen Phu Trong at the 14th National Congress which will take place in early 2026. While knowledgeable people from the “central agencies” assert, Trong wants Vuong Dinh Hue, the boss of Nghe An faction, to succeed him, not Thuong.

 

Vuong Dinh Hue and Pham Minh Chinh

 

And that was immediately confirmed, Vietnam’s state-controlled media reported: “… on August 31, on the 78th anniversary of the August Revolution, the National Day of September 2 and the death of President Ho Chi Minh (September 2, 1969 – September 2, 2023), National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue offered incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at President Ho Chi Minh’s relic site, in the Presidential Palace. Hanoi.

In a dignified atmosphere, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and members of the delegation respectfully offered incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh’s great merits for the country and nation.”

 

Observers immediately made the comment that, normally every year, the person who burns incense for Ho Chi Minh’s death anniversary is always General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. And the same ritual also takes place on the occasion of the traditional New Year celebration every year. On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2023, on December 29, the head of the Communist Party of Vietnam – General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong – also performed an incense offering ceremony at President Ho Chi Minh’s relic site. Thus, it can be inferred that Mr. Trong indirectly introduced Vuong Dinh Hue, who will be “replaced” on behalf of the General Secretary.

Returning to the battle between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue – the leader of the Nghe An faction from Uncle Ho’s hometown – was one of the factions supporting General Secretary Trong.

 

But, Chinh was originally Lieutenant General of General Intelligence Department 5 of the Ministry of Public Security and a longtime organizer. Thanks to that, Pham Minh Chinh has grasped many “cleansing” or “indigo” cases of high-ranking officials, including Vuong Dinh Hue. But Pham Minh Chinh is an extremely private person.

Pham Minh Chinh’s weakness is the crime of falling in love with girls. During his time as Secretary of Quang Ninh, he openly “clouded” with Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, living as husband and wife, despite the objections of party officials in the province.

Therefore, the story of Nhan AIC’s corruption through collusion with leaders of provinces and cities is a daily stories. Who doesn’t. Therefore, public opinion said that arresting Ms. Nhan must force all leading officials in the provinces with Ms. Nhan to participate in the bidding. In Vietnam, businessmen shake hands with officials, try to ask, is there anyone who is not corrupt? Party A and Party B don’t shake hands, don’t open bids, where is the difference to bribe and divide billions?

Saying this to see that the Ministry of Public Security prosecuted and wanted Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, or at all costs had to bring Nhan back to Vietnam, the first purpose was to attack Pham Minh Chinh, using an excuse to get Chinh out of the race for the seat of General Secretary, after Trong retires.

The second purpose of General Secretary Trong is, Nhan plays a major role in brokering arms purchase contracts of the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense and the State of Israel. Strictly speaking, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan is a person of great merit, because instead of buying weapons from Russia, they are both expensive (due to sending prices) and of low quality. As for buying weapons from Israel, there will be less corruption, and the quality will be higher. Even though there is a percentage, the “commission” money is not as great as the Russian counterpart. Russians from the past to the present, the commission is not less than 20%.

 

The story of an official of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, in 2019, when negotiating to buy lethal weapons from the United States, demanding that the American partner pay back 20% of the contract value, was denounced by the US government.

That is, when the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense bought Israeli weapons brokered by Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, the army generals of General Luong Cuong and Nguyen Phu Trong lost their commissions. That is also the reason why Trong decided to destroy Nhan and Chinh. Because the piece of commission bought a lucrative weapon, Chinh and Nhan cut their hands on it.

 

Recently, the Ministry of Public Security again called for Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan to surrender. It is known that Ms. Nhan is living in Germany and is protected by many layers. The outer layer includes security, the police of the host country and the forces of the 2nd General Department of Vietnam Defense Ministry. The inner circle is a bodyguard force carefully selected from Thanh Hoa fraction. Speaking to see, Minister of Public Security To Lam realized that it is difficult to kidnap Ms. Nhan and bring her back to Vietnam, so he issued a general statement calling for her surrender, which is also a clever way of denying the General Secretary’s request. With the actual situation as well as the attitude of the current German government, surely, if To Lam is willing to assert his desire to take her home, he would face great risk.

 

Tra My – Thoibao.de

 

Kasse animation 7.8.2023