As assessed by Thoibao.de, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc took advantage of a rare appearance in the handover ceremony for Acting State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan to launch a “golden card of immunity from death” in the presence of the newspapers. The golden post of exemption from death is his saying: “My family, my wife, and my children are not self-interested, corrupt in relation to Viet A, have never met the director of Viet A. This has been concluded by the party’s Central Inspection Commission.”
Mr. Phuc’s release of the “death card” has pushed Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong into a difficult situation, as Thoibao.de has analyzed. However, Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong is a man of the “old fox,” he is considered to be superior to the rest of the characters in the Four Pillars. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc had many “political tricks” to climb up to the Prime Minister and then the State President. However, comparing between Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, the latter is still “one head” taller than Mr. Phuc.
It is not unusual for Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong to present the 40-year Party membership badge and the handover ceremony of Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Maybe it was a harbinger of some kind of “total attack” on Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s side.
On February 6, mainstream newspapers controlled by the Central Commission for Propaganda and Education simultaneously deleted Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s denial of “sticking” to Viet A. This is clearly an order, and all know that the order came from Nguyen Trong Nghia – head of the commission and he got the order from the communist chief.
On February 4, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported with the title “Former President Nguyen Xuan Phuc talked about the reason for resigning from duty” now no longer had Mr. Phuc’s words to say: “My family, wife, children. I have no self-interest, corruption related to Viet A, never met the director of Viet A. This has been clearly concluded by the Central Inspection Commission.” This title has been removed.
The fact that Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc took advantage of the opportunity to appear in front of the press to launch a “death card” was said to be beyond the expectations of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. If Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s words are true, then Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong needs to direct Mr. Tran Cam Tu to confirm to the people whether it is true or not?
It is known that Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to Korea on December 4-6, 2022 was not accompanied by his wife. This is the question that caused the online community to raise rumors that Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s wife, ie Tran Thi Nguyet Thu, is being banned from leaving the country. So far, no one has shown the exit ban of the Ministry of Public Security, but that does not mean that the rumor is not trustworthy, but on the contrary, it is also believable.
Another thing worth noting is that, when there was a rumor that banned Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong from leaving, the Ministry of Public Security corrected that, but the rumor of banning exit for Ms. Tran Thi Nguyet Thu had no correction at all. That makes the online community believe that the exit ban is real.
Observers thought that Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong would let Mr. Tran Cam Tu to explain about the “golden card of immunity from death” but Mr. Trong took a dangerous move, that was, he asked the newspapers withdraw all of Phuc’s enials about his wife’s case related to Viet A. Doing so is considered somewhat “rogue” but saves Tran Cam Tu from explaining Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s assertion.
With the press withdrawing all the statements of the former president, it is very likely that Ms. Tran Thi Nguyet Thu, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s wife will face difficulties with Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong’s iron hand. Wait and see whether police chief To Lam will send cops to Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s house or not.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
