Full Version: Meet Vietnam's new boss, Trương Tấn Sang
Trương Tấn Sang has apparently triumphed at the recent party congress in Hanoi. He will be Vietnam's next state president. More importantly, he's chief of the Politburo and thus the country's top leader. http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/Politics-Laws...ty-leader-.html He has a bachelor of law, his nickname is "Tư Sang", he was born in Long An Province, and he is 61 years old. Other than that, no one seems to know anything about him. Every Vietnamese I talked to assumed Nông Đức Mạnh would get reappointed. According to the Wikileaks cable about Vietnam, there was an intense rivalry between Sang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng for the top spot.
QUOTE (kauffner @ Jan 19 2011, 09:23 AM) 
Trương Tấn Sang has apparently triumphed at the recent party congress in Hanoi. He will be Vietnam's next state president. More importantly, he's chief of the Politburo and thus the country's top leader. http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/Politics-Laws...ty-leader-.html He has a bachelor of law, his nickname is "Tư Sang", he born in Long An Province, and he is 61 years old. Other than that, no one seems to know anything about him. Every Vietnamese I talk to just assumed Nông Đức Mạnh would get reappointed. According to the Wikileaks cable about Vietnam, there was an intense rivalry between Sang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng for the top spot.
His post is just a ceremonial position.
President Nguyen Minh Triet looks too nice, sometimes too girly. The new president in a way looks more like Kim Jong il. I'm just talking about the look, not the personality, since I don't know yet.
As for ceremonial position, it depends on the personality of each person. If the new president is more aggressive, he might be the one who dominates. If he is moderate and humble, then he might be in ceremonial position like you stated.
If he doesn't exercise his power, then he has no power.
As for ceremonial position, it depends on the personality of each person. If the new president is more aggressive, he might be the one who dominates. If he is moderate and humble, then he might be in ceremonial position like you stated.
If he doesn't exercise his power, then he has no power.
QUOTE (asean.asia @ Jan 19 2011, 02:52 PM)
President Nguyen Minh Triet looks too nice, sometimes too girly. The new president in a way looks more like Kim Jong il. I'm just talking about the look, not the personality, since I don't know yet.
As for ceremonial position, it depends on the personality of each person. If the new president is more aggressive, he might be the one who dominates. If he is moderate and humble, then he might be in ceremonial position like you stated.
If he doesn't exercise his power, then he has no power.
As for ceremonial position, it depends on the personality of each person. If the new president is more aggressive, he might be the one who dominates. If he is moderate and humble, then he might be in ceremonial position like you stated.
If he doesn't exercise his power, then he has no power.
You probably don't know about how things work in these regimes. The power each post has is already fixed and decided well in advance. It cannot be changed just because someone's personality is "strong".
In this case, it's well establish that General Sec is the most powerful post in the nation. Prime Minister is the one in charge of day-to-day activities. President's post is largely ceremonial, just like, for example, the King of Thailand or Queen of England. He gets to visit here and there, talk shop to various world dignitaries, but he does not have real power and cannot affect much domestic policies (except the power to vote together with his 14 other Politbureau comrades).
That said, it's still considered one of the 3 most visible posts, and therefore it still brings certain vestige of pride. Usually if someone is in strong competition for General Sec but somehow lost the race, he'll get this position as a compromise and so that he doesn't lose "face".
The only thing fixed is your brain.
Wasn't General Sec. Nong Duc Manh supposed to be the #1 person, but his power was under the #2 person Le Hong Anh.
There is no fixed. It is just the matter of who has and know how to use his power.
If VN were to go to war, then the power would go to the President as Commander-In-Chief.
Wasn't General Sec. Nong Duc Manh supposed to be the #1 person, but his power was under the #2 person Le Hong Anh.
There is no fixed. It is just the matter of who has and know how to use his power.
If VN were to go to war, then the power would go to the President as Commander-In-Chief.
QUOTE (pdrive @ Jan 19 2011, 02:23 PM)
You probably don't know about how things work in these regimes. The power each post has is already fixed and decided well in advance. It cannot be changed just because someone's personality is "strong".
In this case, it's well establish that General Sec is the most powerful post in the nation. Prime Minister is the one in charge of day-to-day activities. President's post is largely ceremonial, just like, for example, the King of Thailand or Queen of England. He gets to visit here and there, talk shop to various world dignitaries, but he does not have real power and cannot affect much domestic policies (except the power to vote together with his 14 other Politbureau comrades).
That said, it's still considered one of the 3 most visible posts, and therefore it still brings certain vestige of pride. Usually if someone is in strong competition for General Sec but somehow lost the race, he'll get this position as a compromise and so that he doesn't lose "face".
In this case, it's well establish that General Sec is the most powerful post in the nation. Prime Minister is the one in charge of day-to-day activities. President's post is largely ceremonial, just like, for example, the King of Thailand or Queen of England. He gets to visit here and there, talk shop to various world dignitaries, but he does not have real power and cannot affect much domestic policies (except the power to vote together with his 14 other Politbureau comrades).
That said, it's still considered one of the 3 most visible posts, and therefore it still brings certain vestige of pride. Usually if someone is in strong competition for General Sec but somehow lost the race, he'll get this position as a compromise and so that he doesn't lose "face".
When will he take office?
Sang will become president in May, after a National Assembly vote. He is already Politburo chief and thus Vietnam's top leader. The new secretary general, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, is a figurehead, only Number 8 on the Politburo list. Which positions hold power changes after every party congress. Mạnh certainly wasn't the most powerful leader when he was secretary general. A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable describes the party as divided into factions led by Sang and Dũng. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy...ocuments/224371 Sang and his supporters moved up at the congress, but Dũng did not.
asean.asia mentioned Lê Hồng Anh, but Anh was demoted in October 2009. Sang was promoted to Number 2 at that time.
asean.asia mentioned Lê Hồng Anh, but Anh was demoted in October 2009. Sang was promoted to Number 2 at that time.
What are his attributes? What is his agenda and how is his new influential power going to be any different for Vietnam?
QUOTE (Naturallogdriftuptheriver @ Jan 23 2011, 01:42 PM)
What are his attributes? What is his agenda and how is his new influential power going to be any different for Vietnam?
WHAT IS HO CHI MINH 'S THOUGHT ?
" puppet ! made in china "
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