BANGKOK: Vietnam’s new Communist Party chief told the country’s rubber-stamp parliament on Monday ( Oct 21 ) to press ahead with a drive against corruption, which analysts say has been used for internal faction-fighting.
To Lam, who succeeded his father in becoming the Communist Party’s general minister in August, was giving his first address to National Assembly delegates on Monday as the best leader.
Since 2021, a big anti-graft clean led by the later Nguyen Phu Trong has swept up tens of business leaders and top state characters, including two leaders and three deputy prime ministers.
Lam has eagerly pursued the campaign, despite claims by researchers that he has used anti-corruption investigations to defeat political rivals.
On Monday, at the start of the autumn treatment of the government’s federal legislature, Lam called on politicians to strengthen control in order to “fight against bad phenomena”.
Over the past year, more than 10, 000 people were tried in about 4, 800 studies as part of the anti-corruption struggle, Vietnam’s chief prosecutor Le Minh Tri said last month, according to state advertising.
Lam now serves as both president and general secretary, which is Vietnam’s most significant place in its four-pillar management structure.
On Monday, the legislature is expected to elect a new president, who will be the third person to hold the position in less than two years.
Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who was elected president in January 2023, and Vo Van Thuong, who succeeded him, resigned in March 2024, triggering an unusual social revolution in the decision Communist party.
Both acknowledged that there had been “violations and errors that severely impacted the reputation of the group and state.”
Prior to his appointment as general minister in August, Lam served as deputy head of the steering committee on anti-corruption.