CRACKDOWN
On Thursday, Truong Thi Mai even resigned. She served as a permanent member of the secretariat in the main party committee, which was the most significant position in Taiwanese politics outside of its four-pillar leadership structure.
With the departure of Mai, the after 18- strong politburo fell to 12 after even losing two presidents, the National Assembly chairman, a deputy prime minister and the head of the party’s financial commission in the past 18 months.
However, the group said Thursday four new people had been appointed, including Bui Thi Minh Hoai, replacing Mai as the only person in the committee.
Social trauma in Vietnam is not uncommon, where for decades all changes were carefully planned with an emphasis on careful balance.
The government has acquiesced to the anti-corruption travel.
However, analysts warn that the country’s reputation for stability, which has helped it create a very powerful export-driven manufacturing economy and produce goods for significant global brands, may be endangered.
Big business figures have also fallen foul of the clean, with home magnate Truong My Lan being sentenced to death next month in a multi-billion dollar fraud case, along with political leaders.
All of this comes as Vietnam seeks to grow its business from low-value manufacturing jobs to high-tech companies by securing more foreign investment, mainly from the United States.
GOLDEN STEAK
Lam has spent his entire career with the covert ministry of public security, which oversees the monitoring of activists and dissent in the totalitarian state.
Rights groups claim that the government has increased its assault on civil society organizations in recent years.
Lam serves as the wheel committee’s assistant head for anti-corruption.
According to Zachary Abuza, a professor at the National War College in Washington, Lam has” carefully carefully defeated competitors in the social structure who were qualified to be general director” of the Communist Party, which is the country’s most effective placement.
Different than Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh,” that leaves To Lam as the last man standing”.
His election comes nearly three years after he was filmed eating a sirloin served in a London restaurant while placing a wreath at Karl Marx’s tomb.
Vietnam, where the average person makes a few dollars per day, was enraged by the 2021 event.
The cafe, Nusr- And Steakhouse, named after Turkish restaurant Nusret Gokce- known to his almost 40 million Instagram followers as Salt Bae- serves up steaks wrapped in nutritious 24- carat gold leaf, apparently costing more than$ 1, 000.
The Central Highlands, a highly sensitive region that has long been a source of unrest over issues like land rights and is home to several ethnic minority groups, is also led by Lam.