According to insiders, General Secretary To Lam has been and is in a deadlocked and dangerous situation. To the point that, despite having “a hundred things to do, a thousand things to do,” Lam still used the excuse of attending the “National Great Unity Day” ceremony held in Ca Mau on November 17 to take part in the birthday party of former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and ask for his opinion.
Accordingly, the issues within the Party at the present time have been and are having many complicated developments, threatening the position of the head of the Communist Party of Vietnam because of the reason related to the issue of “key” personnel of the leadership apparatus at the 14th party’s National Congress slated in early 2026.
Lam did not hide his intention to become the only “exception” for the next term. His purpose was to eliminate State President Luong Cuong and PM Pham Minh Chinh. This is the reason why the race for the position of General Secretary of the 14th National Congress is becoming more and more fierce with the nature of “one loses, one wins.”
Internal sources of thoibao recently revealed that Lam asked Dung for advice during a meeting at the latter’s private residence in Saigon.
The increasing conflict between party chief Lam and State President Cuong, which was already tense, has now become even more serious. In particular, a serious scandal occurred during Cuong’s recent trip to South America. A security officer of the delegation was expelled from Chile after being accused of sexually abusing a host country woman.
Meanwhile, there are many signs that the military generals of the Defense Ministry under the command of Minister General Phan Van Giang have shown signs of tightening “solidarity” with Cuong, as well as generals of the propaganda force.
It is known that during Cuong’s visit to Chile, the Vietnamese and Chilean Defense Ministries discussed the content of intelligence cooperation. To negotiate and commit to agreements in this field, only Minister Giang and Tran Cong Chinh, newly-appointed Director General of General Department 2 are needed. Why was retired Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Hung present? And in what role?
There have been suspicions from the intelligence agency of the Ministry of Public Security that, perhaps, the military faction used the excuse of visiting Chile to discuss ways to remove Lam from the position of General Secretary?
The reason is to avoid the eyes of the military generals, who are Hung Yen fellows of Lam. That is, Generals Hoang Xuan Chien and Nguyen Hong Thai – 2 army officers close to the party chief. The fact that the generals’ factions in the Defense Ministry are moving towards a solution of unity is the best and most effective way to balance power, creating momentum for the implementation of the plan to remove Lam from the position of General Secretary.
According to former PM Dung, the combat generals of General Giang and the propaganda generals of State President Cuong are really wanting to get closer. This is not a good signal for Lam, especially when there is support from Beijing.
At the same time, Dung also warned Lam to be extremely careful when dealing with the administration of President-elect Donald Trump, and not to rely on him in both national relations and personal family matters. According to Dung, this is a double-edged sword, and the benefits do not outweigh the harm, which will create conditions for the propaganda faction to counterattack.
In addition, it is known that Dung also advised Lam to launch several populist movements to fascinate and win people’s hearts.
Tra My – Thoibao.de
