Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party is set to
convene its 13th National Congress on January 25 to select its next
general secretary among other leaders.
Current General Secretary Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong has served as president of
Vietnam since 2018 and is expected to step down from his role as head of party
as he has completed his two-term limit.
Trong, who has largely used his roles to consolidate state
power, would like his successor to continue his “furnace-blazing” anticorruption campaign and
further strengthen the country’s central political institutions.
What
has General Secretary Trong achieved?
Under Trong’s leadership, Vietnam has seen anti-corruption
Vietnam s 8-year corruption crusade turns the tide
By Hoang Thuy, Viet Tuan December 15, 2020 | 07:51 am GMT+7
Vietnamese policemen stand guard outside a courtroom hearing a trial involving former Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang, Hanoi, Vietnam, January 9, 2018. Photo by Reuters/Kham.
A hands-on, take-no-prisoners approach by top echelons of the Communist Party has been a decisive factor in the success of Vietnam’s eight-year corruption fight.
This was highlighted by senior officials in talks with
VnExpress that identified several salient features and factors marking the headway made by the nation’s corruption fight since 2013.
A total of 133 cases and 94 incidents of serious corruption and economic violations were directly handled by Vietnam s top anti-corruption agency.