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To Tell or Not To Tell Them About My Personal Assets: A General Secretary’s Dilemma

By Trịnh Hữu Long5 min read

In a surprising move right before the 7th Party Central Committee plenary meeting, a group of Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) members and citizens have publicly demanded – in a letter – that the General Secretary, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, discloses his personal assets in according with the VCP’s own rules.

The demand was quickly spread on social media in Vietnam in the past three days.

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Trịnh Hữu Long

He’s the editor-in-chief of The Vietnamese Magazine. A journalist since 2011 and based in Taipei (Taiwan), he covers Vietnam’s politics, human rights, and tech governance.

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