On February 22 at Vietnam’s Government Office, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Shen Xiaoming – member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Hainan provincial Party Committee.
It is worth mentioning that, in the discussion, PM Chinh and Shen Xiaoming talked about cooperation between Hainan and Quang Ninh provinces. This is a cooperation between two provinces that are close to each other. It is known that the western sea area of Hainan island is adjacent to the Gulf of Tonkin. The cooperation between Hainan and Quang Ninh P is an important cooperation for Chinh’s regional development strategy.
As Thoibao.de has had an analysis report on the actions of Chinh recently. In Quang Ninh, the Ministry of Public Security is intensifying arrests here. The AIC case with the Quang Ninh Obstetrics and Children’s Hospital is under investigation, and especially recently, provincial police chief Dinh Van Doi ordered the arrest of a police general. The case of Do Huu Ca in the immediate future is only a criminal case, but it is not excluded that it may spread to political issues, because Ca has connection with many senior officials.
Recently, Chinh also had a working trip to Quang Ninh province and implemented development planning policies for this province. It is likely that Chinh is the person who directly runs this province, not the provincial chairman.
Quang Ninh province is no stranger to Chinh who himself served as Secretary of this province in the 2011 – 2015 period. Chinh also built many relationships with the Chinese side since he was the provincial party leader. Especially, Chinh connected with Professor Dao Nhat Dao – architect of the “Belt and Road” policy for Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Van Don Special Economic Zone project is Chinh’s “child.” During the time when Chinh was Secretary, he pushed for the development of this project the most.
When Chinh was the Quang Ninh provincial Secretary, small interest groups in Quang Ninh were forced to give up. Instead, it is a large interest group that relies on the policy of Chinh, in which, the biggest name benefiting from Mr. Chinh’s policy is Sun Group of giant Le Viet Lam.
This time, PM Chinh received the Secretary of Hainan province at the government office, showing that Chinh was breathing life into Quang Ninh with the same policy he had done before, when he was the province’s chief. While the government office was full of storms and the PM was under scrutiny, it was unusual for Chinh to take special care of Quang Ninh.
In fact, a provincial secretary should meet his counterpart to discuss cooperation. Shen Xiaoming went to Vietnam and if he wants to cooperate with Ho Chi Minh City, he should meet Secretary Nguyen Van Nen, and with Quang Ninh, he should meet Nguyen Xuan Ky – Secretary of Quang Ninh, but why met PM Chinh? What does a peerless meeting like this say? Firstly, it shows the “kneeling” position of the central government, the central level of Vietnam is only equal to the provincial level in China. Second, it speaks to the decisive role of the Vietnamese PM with the locality with which the Chinese side wants to establish business relations, specifically here in Quang Ninh province. Thus, through here it is also clear that Chinh is worrying excessively for Quang Ninh province, while his role is to run the national economy.
There are also many factions in the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam. PM Chinh neglecting his home province of Thanh Hoa to take care of Quang Ninh is a big question mark that is difficult to answer. Although Chinh is from Thanh Hoa, he left his own mark in Quang Ninh more, the reason is not that he loves Quang Ninh, but maybe, he loves himself more. Quang Ninh is safe, Chinh will be safe.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
