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| Chinese & Vietnamese Relationship Warms Moving Forward |
| 2023-02-01 |
| [IndianPunchline] Vietnam sees a shared future with China. The resignation of Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc a fortnight ago had an inevitability about it. The media was rife with speculation for weeks implicating Phuc’s close family members in corruption scandals. Several dozen officials, including two deputy prime ministers, were earlier removed from their positions in major scandals of price fixing and kickbacks for Covid-19 test kits, as well as bribes for seats on charter flights returning Vietnamese citizens to the country during the pandemic. The decade-old anti-corruption drive by Vietnamese Communist Party (CPV) General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong gained momentum in recent years and seems motivated by concerns strikingly similar to those voiced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Xi Jinping. Fundamentally, the impetus behind it is the CPV’s legitimacy as the ruling party. The CPV’s priorities have changed following decades of impressive economic growth. Vietnam is second only to Hong Kong and Singapore in economic dynamism in the region. Being an economy heavily dependent on trade and foreign investment, promoting a healthy environment for businesses by curbing rampant corruption is an urgent necessity in order to attract foreign investors at a time when global manufacturers have sought to diversify their supply chains away from China. Again, problems in economic development can lead to dissatisfaction among the people and affect social stability, slowing down economic growth and ultimately lead to loss of people’s trust in the CPV’s legitimacy. The 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, the Berlin-based think tank, ranked China as 66th among 180 countries and Vietnam 87th, but in scores, China secured only 45 points out of 100 and Vietnam 39. Curiously, the joint statement issued after Trong’s visit to Beijing in November — the first foreign dignitary to visit China after the CCP Congress in October — listed “prevention and control of corruption and negative phenomena” among areas of cooperation between Vietnam and China. The CPV is adopting China’s anti-corruption campaigns, and reportedly requested China to train its cadres to conduct anti-corruption investigations. Chinese-style governance practices are present in Vietnam too —growing control over the internet, strengthening of the party’s power, greater state presence in the economy and rollback of the widespread influence of business sector. Last year, 539 party members were prosecuted or “disciplined” for corruption and “deliberate wrongdoings”, including ministers, top officials and diplomats, while police investigated 453 corruption cases, up 50 per cent from 2021. Related: Vietnam: 2023-01-29 ‘This is Bad for America. This is Bad for the World. We are about to Enter Potentially World War III’ – General Flynn on Biden’s Disaster in Ukraine Vietnam: 2023-01-29 The silly argument that Asian mass murderers are assimilated Americans Vietnam: 2023-01-25 US ‘prevented’ South Asia nuclear war in 2019, claims Pompeo Related: Nguyen Xuan Phuc: 2017-06-01 Trump hits another home run, hails deals worth 'billions' with Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc: 2016-09-05 India and Vietnam Boost Military, Commercial Ties |
| Posted by:Slenter Panda4300 |
| #4 Seeking, it took the Vietnamese "...a thousand years to evict the Chinese occupiers" (as told to a visiting US general by a senior NVA officer as to why they were positive they could outlast the US after outlasting the French). No, the Vietnamese don't trust the Chinese even 'as far as they could throw them'. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-02-01 16:42 |
| #3 The Vietnamese (Frog) might be sorry later on when the Chinese (Scorpion) ended up stinging them! |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-02-01 09:04 |
| #2 The Phuc you say! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-02-01 07:27 |
| #1 I saw this reported nowhere: The resignation of Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc a fortnight ago had an inevitability about it. The media was rife with speculation for weeks implicating Phuc’s close family members in corruption scandals. Several dozen officials, including two deputy prime ministers, were earlier removed from their positions in major scandals of price fixing and kickbacks for Covid-19 test kits, as well as bribes for seats on charter flights returning Vietnamese citizens to the country during the pandemic. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-02-01 06:48 |