SUCCESSION POLITICS AND AUTHORITARIAN RESILIENCE IN VIETNAM

On his seventy-fifth birthday, on Apr 14, 2019, Nguyen Phu Trong visited the southern province of Kien Giang, a practice he had adopted since being re-elected as secretary general of the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) in 2016. This time it did not go well; it was rumored that Trong suffered a stro...

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Published in:Southeast Asian affairs 2020-01, Vol.SEAA20 (1), p.411-426
Main Author: Giang, Nguyen Khac
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Candidates
Communism
Communist parties
Constitutions
Economic reform
Elections
Institutionalization
Legislatures
Nominations
Political leadership
Politics
Power
Prime ministers
Regulation
Resilience
Succession
Trong, Nguyen Phu
Vietnam
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Summary:On his seventy-fifth birthday, on Apr 14, 2019, Nguyen Phu Trong visited the southern province of Kien Giang, a practice he had adopted since being re-elected as secretary general of the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) in 2016. This time it did not go well; it was rumored that Trong suffered a stroke, and he was subjected to a lengthy hospital stay. He appeared fragile during his first public appearance a month later, and in June he had to delegate National Assembly chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan to visit China on his behalf. There was only limited coverage of these events in the tightly controlled Vietnamese media, as they tried to downplay the significance of Trong's deteriorating health. In 2021 the VCP will hold its 13th National Congress, at which Trong--who will be seventy-seven by then--is expected to step down. However, this is only a high possibility, not a certainty.
ISSN:0377-5437
1793-9135
DOI:10.1355/aa20-1v