Vietnam Party Boss Is Talking About Ending Graft More Than Ever
- Party campaign against ‘negative phenomena’ gathers pace
- Trong invoking Ho Chi Minh principles to justify crackdown
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Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong is talking about institutional corruption more than at any point since he took power in 2011, underscoring a push to clean up the economy and draw in investments.
The 78-year-old general secretary has regularly referenced the principles of the late revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in pushing ahead with an anti-graft campaign that’s swept up hundreds of officials. He often repeats the phrase “negative phenomena,” which encompasses a broad range of wrongdoing including taking bribes, lax oversight and allowing corruption to foster.