Vietnam’s Minister of Finance is an extremely important position, considered the “keeper of the safe” of the government. Most of the money poured into the localities must be approved by the Minister of Finance. If the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister belong to the same interest group, it can be said that the government budget can be diverted to serve the group.
After the 11th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), suddenly, Vuong Dinh Hue became the Minister of Finance. This man jumped into the position of Minister of an important ministry in the government, without “subduing” his direct boss, the Prime Minister. In May 2013, CPV’s General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong wanted to introduce Vuong Dinh Hue and Nguyen Ba Thanh to the Politburo. If Hue was able to enter the Politburo at that time, he would be able to sit back in the government to “struggle” with then Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. However, on May 11, 2013, Nguyen Tan Dung kicked Vuong Dinh Hue and Nguyen Ba Thanh, and replaced Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Nguyen Thien Nhan into the Politburo.
Despite being supported by the General Secretary, Vuong Dinh Hue still had to withdraw, because only with the position of a member of the Party Central Committee, he was not “hard” enough to compete with Nguyen Tan Dung. On May 23, 2013, Vuong Dinh Hue withdrew from the Government to return to the Secretariat of Nguyen Phu Trong.
At that time, Trong restored the CPV’s Economic Central Commission to arrange for Vuong Dinh Hue to sit temporarily to wait for time. As for Nguyen Tan Dung, after pushing Vuong Dinh Hue out of the government, he raised Dinh Tien Dung instead. Dinh Tien Dung worked better with the PM, and Dinh Tien Dung is more of a “submissive” person to the government leader than the “stubborn” Vuong Dinh Hue.
Nguyen Tan Dung and Dinh Tien Dung are both closed with Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan. Until Dinh Tien Dung replaced Vuong Dinh Hue, the underground power of Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan really strengthened. It was Nhan who asked Nguyen Tan Dung – Dinh Tien Dung for decisions to support the provinces. And thanks to this hidden power, she can easily get the projects wherever she goes. This is a reciprocal relationship.
The provincial party chiefs asked Ms. Nhan to use her power to ask the Central Government to release the budget for support, on the exchange, the province must clear the way for Nhan to win the bid for projects funded by the provincial budget. Although she had the power to help the province, Nhan still played very well, still paying bribes from the provincial secretary down, without mentioning her assistance for provinces in getting money from the Central Government.
Beautifully played, talented in diplomacy (some people think that Nhan has professional skills) and attractive speech, she connected many great relationships. Once she was closed to the Prime Minister, of course she also got to know all the Prime Minister’s effective hands. When Nhan contacted the provincial secretaries, she would no doubt know all the close crew working under them. Because of that, after many years of operation, her company Advanced International Company (AIC) drained countless amounts of money from the budget.
Since the time of PM Nguyen Tan Dung, the General Department of Military Intelligence was close to the Prime Minister, so since then, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan infiltrated this intelligence agency, and kept the relationship until today. Not only did Nhan took parts of the budget of the Government and provinces across the country, but she also got benefits from the huge budget of the Ministry of Defense.
Currently, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan is considered the focal point for the General Secretary’s fraction to uncover his opponents. Minister of Public Security To Lam caught AIC Chief Accountant Do Van Son as an advantage, however, the most important person in the case was Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan. Currently, Nhan’s residence is not only protected by herself, but also by military intelligence agency. Because she herself knows the shocking secrets in the Government, in the provincial agencies, and also in the Ministry of Defense.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
