"Implementing the policy of appointing 100% of the positions of Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Inspection Committee, and Chief Inspector of the Provincial Inspectorate to individuals who are not from the local area, and completing this before December 15th," was a requirement set forth by the Politburo and the Secretariat in Conclusion No. 201. Although the deadline has not yet arrived, this goal has been largely achieved.
Previously, all 34 provincial and city Party secretaries were not from the local area after the Politburo simultaneously rotated and reshuffled personnel across many provinces and cities.
The three youngest provincial Party secretaries are only 48 years old.
Among the 34 newly appointed provincial and city Party secretaries, there is one Politburo member, Mr. Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Secretary of the Hanoi City Party Committee; and one Secretariat member, Mr. Tran Luu Quang, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.
Mr. Nguyen Duy Ngoc was elected to the Politburo of the 13th Party Congress at the Central Committee meeting held at the end of January. Mr. Ngoc is 61 years old, hails from Hung Yen province, and has many years of experience working in the police force.
Mr. Tran Luu Quang is 58 years old and hails from Tay Ninh province. At the Central Committee meeting at the end of January, Mr. Quang was also elected to the Party Central Committee's Secretariat for the 13th term. At that time, he held the position of Head of the Central Economic Committee (now the Central Policy and Strategy Committee).
By the end of August, Mr. Tran Luu Quang was transferred and assigned by the Politburo to the position of Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.
Following the rotation process, most provincial and city Party Secretaries and Chairmen are not from the local area (Graphic image: Tuan Huy).
20 out of 34 provincial and city Party secretaries are currently Central Committee members (accounting for 55.9%). This includes 18 full Central Committee members and 2 alternate Central Committee members: Trinh Viet Hung, Secretary of Lao Cai, and Luong Nguyen Minh Triet, Secretary of Dak Lak.
The oldest Party Secretary is Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Secretary of the Hanoi City Party Committee, born in 1964, making him 61 years old this year.
The three youngest Party Secretaries, all born in 1977 (48 years old), are Nguyen Ho Hai, Secretary of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee; Trinh Viet Hung, Secretary of the Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee; and Trinh Xuan Truong, Secretary of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee.
The majority of the 34 provincial and municipal Party secretaries are aged 50-59, with 25 individuals in this age group (73.5%); 3 are aged between 60 and 69 (8.8%) and 6 are under 50 (17.6%).
Notably, there are currently no female provincial or municipal Party secretaries.
In terms of educational qualifications, the majority of provincial and municipal Party secretaries hold master's degrees, with 19 belonging to this group; 9 local Party secretaries hold doctoral degrees.
Party secretaries with doctoral degrees include: Can Tho Party Secretary Le Quang Tung, Quang Ninh Party Secretary Quan Minh Cuong, Dong Nai Party Secretary Vu Hong Van, Hai Phong Party Secretary Le Tien Chau, Khanh Hoa Party Secretary Nghiem Xuan Thanh, Lang Son Party Secretary Hoang Quoc Khanh, Lao Cai Party Secretary Trinh Viet Hung, Ninh Binh Party Secretary Dang Xuan Phong; and Cao Bang Party Secretary Pham Thang An.
Many of those transferred to local areas had previously held important positions at the central level, such as Hanoi Party Secretary Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary Tran Luu Quang, Hai Phong Party Secretary Le Tien Chau, Can Tho Party Secretary Le Quang Tung, Dien Bien Party Secretary Tran Tien Dung, Quang Ngai Party Secretary Ho Van Nien, Lai Chau Party Secretary Le Minh Ngan, Bac Ninh Party Secretary Nguyen Hong Thai, and Quang Ninh Party Secretary Vu Dai Thang…
General Secretary To Lam presents the decision and flowers to the new Secretary of the Hanoi City Party Committee, Nguyen Duy Ngoc (Photo: CTV).
There are five provincial Party secretaries who are ethnic minorities, including: Ho Van Nien of Quang Ngai, Hau A Lenh of Tuyen Quang, Hoang Van Nghiem of Son La, Y Thanh Ha Nie Kdam of Lam Dong, and Hoang Quoc Khanh of Lang Son.
Many provincial and city chairmen are young and highly educated.
Regarding the provincial and city chairpersons, 33 out of 34 are not from the local area. The only exception is the Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, Vu Dai Thang, who is originally from Hanoi but was born in Hai Phong City.
Among the 34 heads of local governments, there are 5 members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, including 2 full members: Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, and Mr. Vu Dai Thang, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hanoi.
The three alternate members of the Central Committee are the Chairman of An Giang Province, Ho Van Mung; the Chairman of Thai Nguyen Province, Vuong Quoc Tuan; and the Chairman of Thanh Hoa Province, Nguyen Hoai Anh.
Similarly to local Party secretaries, all provincial and city chairmen are male. Among them, Mr. Le Hai Hoa, Chairman of the People's Committee of Cao Bang province, is the youngest (45 years old).
Many provincial and city chairmen belong to the 70s generation, such as: Hanoi Chairman Vu Dai Thang (born 1975), Lai Chau Chairman Ha Quang Trung (born 1976), Son La Chairman Nguyen Dinh Viet (born 1977), Thai Nguyen Chairman Vuong Quoc Tuan (born 1977), Phu Tho Chairman Tran Duy Dong (born 1979), Thanh Hoa Chairman Nguyen Hoai Anh (born 1977), Quang Tri Chairman Le Hong Vinh (born 1974), Vinh Long Chairman Tran Tri Quang (born 1977)...
In terms of educational qualifications, among the 34 provincial and city chairmen, 9 hold doctorates; 21 have master's degrees, and the rest have bachelor's degrees.
While serving as Chairman of Bac Ninh province, Mr. Vuong Quoc Tuan was transferred to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee, and later elected as Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee (Photo: Thai Nguyen Provincial People's Committee).
The chairmen of Cao Bang, Le Hai Hoa, Ca Mau, and Gia Lai, Pham Anh Tuan, Hai Phong, Le Ngoc Chau, Hung Yen, and Quang Ngai, Nguyen Hoang Giang, Lao Cai, Tran Tuan Anh, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, Vuong Quoc Tuan, and Tuyen Quang, Phan Huy Ngoc, are all local government leaders with doctoral degrees.
Proposal to transfer Party secretaries and chairmen who are not from the local area for a minimum of 3 years.
The policy of appointing provincial and city Party secretaries and chairmen who are not from the local area is seen as aiming to prevent localism, stop the risk of "family ties" and cronyism influencing the work process. This also helps local leaders have a more objective and impartial perspective, free from economic interests or family and kinship ties.
Speaking with a reporter from Dan Tri newspaper , National Assembly representative Ha Sy Dong (former acting Chairman of the Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee) acknowledged that the Politburo's policy is a step towards reform aimed at fundamentally addressing the issues of parochialism, factionalism, and individualism.
In fact, he argued that if the provincial party secretary, chairman, head of the inspection committee, or chief inspector were from the local area, it would certainly affect their work, and they could easily become entangled in nepotism and family ties. For a time, the press reported extensively on the phenomenon of "entire families holding official positions," leading to a lack of transparency and objectivity in local leadership and administration.
For example, in a locality where a necessary investment project is needed, the policy may be completely transparent, but suspicions still arise that "the party secretary or chairman decided to invest because it's their hometown."
Similarly, in inspection and auditing work, if at the local level an inspection reveals signs of violations or involves monitoring work activities involving relatives, family members, or neighbors, the decision-making process will inevitably be hesitant, lacking impartiality and objectivity due to "crony relationships."
National Assembly representative Ha Sy Dong (Photo: Hong Phong).
Concerned that both the Party Secretary and the Chairman of the provincial/city People's Committee are "newcomers" who are not from the local area and therefore lack local knowledge, Mr. Dong stated that this is not a major problem. He explained that there are members of the Standing Committee and the Executive Committee who are local and knowledgeable about the area. These individuals will assist the Party Secretary and Chairman in understanding the local situation and advising on important decisions in local leadership and administration.
"The fact that provincial and city party secretaries and chairmen are not from the local area does not have many limitations, but it will gradually improve transparency and build trust among the people, eliminating parochialism, factionalism, and group interests," Mr. Dong commented.
However, for this policy to be effective, the former acting Chairman of Quang Tri province suggested that the time for transferring, rotating, or replacing non-local leaders should be "at least 3 years," so that the personnel, once brought in, will have time to familiarize themselves with the area and manage effectively.
"Leaders assigned to completely new areas, with new people and new working conditions, all need time to understand and assess the situation in order to develop plans and directions for local development," said delegate Ha Sy Dong.
Furthermore, to avoid a situation where non-local leaders, upon arriving, are hesitant to confront issues and only focus on completing their tasks, Mr. Dong suggested that there should be a mechanism to check and evaluate the responsibility of leaders and the effectiveness of their local administration through economic development figures, preventing officials from merely "applying a veneer" to local affairs.
In particular, according to the representative from Quang Tri province, there needs to be a mechanism to encourage people from outside the locality to come and work there, considering it their homeland, daring to take risks, making sacrifices, and making strong and decisive innovations, fostering unity and contributing to the breakthrough development of that locality.
Mr. Dong argued that while rotating and transferring leaders who are not from the local area might cause some initial disruption, this won't last long. The most important thing is to choose the right person for the right job, assigning them to the right position according to their abilities and strengths, which will surely lead to "more gains than losses."
"This policy will benefit the people, the country, and the localities, so it needs to be boldly implemented and gradually expanded. We shouldn't let minor concerns create obstacles in the work of ministries as well as in the socio-economic development strategy of localities," Mr. Dong stated.
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