The leader of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the man behind the country’s sweeping corruption crackdown attended a meeting with the police force on January 16 to consolidate his control and call for even stronger efforts. Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the national conference of the Public Security Ministry on Jan 16. Photo: VNA Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was the guest of honor at the Ministry of Public Security’s year-end national conference, where he delivered an address. He said the police had done a good job of containing crime and investigating major corruption cases in 2017, adding that the fight should be just as tough and strong this year. This is why it is necessary to ensure the Party’s absolute and comprehensive leadership of public security forces. Operations must be increased against trans-border, hi-tech, and drug crimes, and violations of laws relating to the environment, food safety, and taxation, while enhancing the effectiveness of the fight against corruption, the Party Chief stressed. “Our main mission is to secure the direct and absolute leadership of the Party over the police force,” Mr. Trong said, who joined the seven-strong Party Standing Committee of the People’s Public Security Force, the core of Vietnam’s police force, in 2015. The 73-year-old leader also asked the police to prevent political apathy and tighten discipline within the force. Vietnam started its mission to stamp out corruption many years ago, but it has been forging ahead “stronger than ever” in recent times, Mr. Trong said…. [Read full story]
He made the remarks at his reception for Politburo member, standing member of the Secretariat of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, and Vice President of Laos, Phankham Viphavanh and his entourage, in Hanoi on July 18.The Lao guests are in Hanoi for the ceremony marking the 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties and 40 years since the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.The Party chief stated that Vietnam strongly supports the current reform in Laos and expressed his belief that the Lao people will gain new and even greater achievements in the reform process.He said he is…... [read more]
At a reception for Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Hanoi on October 3, the Party leader called on the two governments to remove difficulties and obstacles so as to ensure the progress and quality of Vietnamese investment projects in Laos.General Secretary Trong also stressed the need to improve the quality and efficiency of bilateral cooperation in regards to education-training and human resource development.Apart from sharing information and experience in the Party building work, State and socio-economic management and the implementation of Party resolutions, Vietnam and Laos should step up collaboration in national defence, security and external affairs, he added.The…... [read more]
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party will expel any members that insult, damage its reputation or try to encourage others to do so in any form, including social media. Party members have also been forbidden from denying, rejecting or disagreeing with Party policies under an updated rule to regulate its members. The previous regulation, issued in 2013, stated that members would be expelled if they distorted Party or State policies, or denied or rejected Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh ideology. They also faced expulsion if they rejected the principles of democratic centralism, social democracy, socialist rule-of-law or the socialist-oriented market economy tenet. The…... [read more]
The fight against corruption and wastefulness has been stepped up a notch in recent months, said General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong. “Serious corruption and economic cases, even those relating to high-level officials and retired leaders, have been resolved under Party regulations and State laws,” he said during an online government meeting on Thursday. It was the first time the party chief had attended a government meeting. Trong asked authorities to widen the crackdown to ensure all corrupt officials are removed from the state apparatus. Earlier this year, Trong said that Vietnam’s fight against corruption must continue…... [read more]
He made the compliment at the sixth National Congress of the Vietnam War Veterans’ Association (VWVA) for tenure 2017-2022 that officially opened in Hanoi on December 14. The event was also attended by President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.The Party chief stressed that as an association of those who have stood the test of revolutionary and resistance wars, the VWVA must continue implementing its most important task of resolutely protecting the fruits of the revolution, helping defeat hostile forces’ schemes, and actively participating in building and protecting…... [read more]
