Party chief To Lam’s son promoted to top ranks within Vietnam’s police force

[ad_1] To Lengthy, believed to be the one son of Vietnam’s prime chief To Lam, has been promoted to a senior place on the Ministry of Public Safety, on-line posts confirmed, in a transfer that could be supposed to cement help for Lam from police.

Info and pictures circulated on social media platform TikTok confirmed Col. To Lengthy had been appointed as director of the ministry’s Division of Exterior Safety at a June 4 ceremony.

Specialists stated Lengthy’s promotion is the newest in a collection of appointments by Lam to consolidate energy.

Lam’s personal rise was “constructed on the energy of the police pressure,” making their help essential as he seeks one other time period as normal secretary of the Communist Get together, Nguyen Van Dai, an skilled observer of Vietnamese politics, instructed Radio Free Asia.

State media has not introduced Lengthy’s appointment.

The Ministry of Public Safety usually eschews public bulletins about promotions and appointments. Beforehand, Maj. Gen. Mai Hoang was appointed as director of the Ho Chi Minh Metropolis Police Division with none protection in state media.

It’s additionally uncommon for prime figures within the Communist Get together to reveal details about their members of the family. Based on BBC Vietnamese, native information shops have been instructed to not report on the developments as a way to keep away from drawing public consideration.

Lengthy, 43, maintains a low public profile. After a number of years of abroad examine, he joined the ministry and in February was seen attending a Ministry of Public Safety assembly on peacekeeping operations.

In June 2024, state media recognized him as deputy chief of the Ministry’s Everlasting Workplace for United Nations Peacekeeping.

A Hanoi-based analyst stated authorities are cautious of public dialogue of the appointment as many members of the management come from the northern province of Hung Yen, the birthplace of To Lam. The analyst requested anonymity to touch upon the delicate matter.

To Lam, who grew to become social gathering chief in August 2024, started his profession in public safety in 1979 and rose to turn out to be the nation’s prime safety official in 2016. Since assuming energy, he has stacked the police equipment with allies and other people from Hung Yen.

Lam has elevated allies to key safety positions, appointing Luong Tam Quang as minister of public safety and Pham The Tung as head of the Investigative Safety Company. He has additionally put in new police chiefs in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Vietnam’s two largest cities. A number of police generals from Hung Yen province have equally been promoted to senior Communist Get together roles.

These appointments come forward of the ruling social gathering’s Nationwide Congress in January 2026, the place delegates will elect a brand new management crew for the following five-year time period.