The group of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Ministers consisted of four but three had been eliminated, that is, Mr. Le Van Thanh because of the “strange virus,” Mr. Pham Binh Minh and Mr. Vu Duc Dam were eliminated by demotion. Only Mr. Le Minh Khai remained. Mr. Khai was the Government Inspector General.
In 2015, then Government Inspector General Huynh Phong Tranh sent his officials to Quang Ninh to inspect. However, there were only conclusions of wrongdoing in the 2001-2010 period, but avoiding the 2010-2015 period. It is known that in the period from 2010 to 2016 Mr. Pham Minh Chinh was Secretary of the Quang Ninh provincial Party Committee. According to internal information, it was Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung who intervened to let Huynh Phong Tranh hide wroingdoings in Quang Ninh, when Mr. Pham Minh Chinh was the provincial Secretary.
The mistakes in Quang Ninh province during the time Chinh was the Secretary were hidden, until Mr. Le Minh Khai took control of the Government Inspector, Mr. Khai also concealed these wrongdoings, so he was taken back to the government by Chinh as DPM. Of the 3 DPMs chosen by Chinh in 2021, Khai is the closest. So when 3 DPM were removed, and Khai remained and Chinh survived.
Three DPMs have gone and the new two have been appointed and both are unknowns. It seems that one of them is using to replace Mr. Pham Minh Chinh. That is Mr. Tran Luu Quang. If nothing changes, at the next Central Committee’s conference, it is possible that Mr. Tran Luu Quang and Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia will join the Politburo.
There is a need to monitor the moves, but someone hiding behind the political scene is used the chess piece Tran Luu Quang to go. Quang got fast promotion, staying in new posts for short times in the past. Short time after becoming DPM, Chinese Ambassador Xiong Bo came to meet him. It has long been thought that Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong is raising Vuong Dinh Hue for the position of General Secretary and it seems that Mr. Tran Luu Quang is also being raised for the next Prime Minister, however, who is raising it? Either Mr. Trong, or the force that the General Secretary is supporting.
It must be said that, among the two new DPMs, Mr. Tran Luu Quang is a figure that can change the Government in the future. And DPM Tran Hong Ha is not highly evaluated. Usually, anyone who can get along with China has a respectable political influence. From the 1990 Chengdu Conference until now, the Communist Party of Vietnam has never escaped from Beijing’s orbit.
Recently, the US said that China launched a hot air balloon to spy on Vietnam. When this news was confirmed, the Communist Party of Vietnam should have spoken out, however, they remained silent. This is a clear tame talisman. And this is also the attitude that Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong shows to Beijing.
Previously, in the Government, there were also 2 Western-educated DPMs, but they have gone. Previously, the Central Office of the Party was “pro-China“, the Government was “pro-money.” However, when 3 DPMs were “shot down” and replaced by 2 new Deputy Prime Ministers, it seems that the Government was more friendly with Beijing, through the image of Tran Luu Quang meeting Ambassador Xiong Bo.
Vietnamese politics is still very complicated. It is also impossible to predict what, when Mr. Tran Luu Quang has not shown much as a DPM, so it takes time. However, it was not previously known that Mr. Tran Luu Quang was a scary character. And now, no longer hiding, but stepping into the light. Tran Luu Quang is a new factor but may not bring Vietnam to independence from China, but closer to this trajectory.
Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong will also rest, perhaps before he does, he will also be able to reset the Communist Party machine, so that it rotates according to the trajectory that Beijing has drawn.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
