Right after returning home from his trip to the US and Cuba, on September 29, General Secretary cum State President To Lam rushed to work with General Department of Intelligence (General Department 2) of the Defense Ministry.
How is this related to the “hot” information, on the same day, September 29, according to the People’s Army newspaper, “General Phan Van Giang directed the Hanoi city defense area exercise.”
The news said that the Defense Ministry directed the Hanoi Capital Command to preside over and coordinate with 16 units inside and outside the army to open the joint combat exercise of the military, arms, and defense area of Hanoi city in 2024. Minister General Phan Van Giang – Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, was the head of the event’s Steering Committee.
This is the largest-scale exercise ever. The exercise took place from September 28 to October 2. Through the exercise, Hanoi city continued to adjust and supplement combat plans, close to the requirements and tasks in the new situation.
Notably, Minister Giang affirmed that Hanoi city holds a particularly important strategic position, is the focal point of sabotage by hostile forces, and is the main target and invasion area of the enemy, if war or conflict occurs.
According to some speculations, the above information shows that the high-ranking leaders of the Central Military Commission, the Defense Ministry, and the Ministry of Public Security have noticed many “abnormal” signs. Even, “Hanoi will be the target and invasion area of the enemy.”
Also according to some speculations, are these things related to the accusations of “carrying a snake to bite the chicken in one’s own house” from the conservative faction in the Party, which is still very large, incited, organized and manipulated by Beijing, to overthrow General Secretary To Lam.
This is not new, it happened in May 2015, before the 12th Party National Congress. At that time, General Phung Quang Thanh – Defense Minister, had the intention of “rebellion.” On the morning of July 3, 2015, the Hanoi Capital Command “unexpectedly” held a handover ceremony for the positions of Commander and Political Commissar of the Hanoi Capital Command, according to the decisions of the ministry.
Specifically, Lieutenant General Phi Quoc Tuan – Commander, and Lieutenant General Le Hung Manh – Political Commissar of the Hanoi Capital Command, unexpectedly received retirement decisions. At the same time, the Defense Ministry issued a decision to appoint Major General Nguyen Doan Anh – Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of the Hanoi Capital Command, to the position of Commander; Major General Nguyen The Ket – Deputy Political Commissar, to the position of Political Commissar.
It is known that the above “rebellion” plan was discovered by the General Department of Intelligence of the Ministry of Public Security (General Department 5), under Minister Tran Dai Quang, thanks to the warning of the US intelligence agency.
According to experts, Hanoi is the political nerve center of the whole country, and also the residence of the highest-ranking leaders in the Party, State, Government, and National Assembly… If a mutiny occurs, the entire government apparatus will be paralyzed. Moreover, Hanoi is only 171 km from the Chinese border, so it is not difficult to know what will happen immediately.
In the recent context, the Beijing leadership is said to have continuously shown unfriendly signs towards the Vietnamese government in general, and towards General Secretary cum State President To Lam in particular for the reason, Lam has seized power in the Party, through a “silent” coup.
Some opinions say that it is impossible to rule out the possibility that, if China gives the green light, some military generals could “raise the flag” and carry out a mutiny to remove Lam.
It is highly likely that the organization of the Hanoi City Defense Area Exercise is related to the fact that Lam “urgently” worked with General Department 2 on September 29, in his capacity as Secretary of the Central Military Commission. This could be one of the measures to create pressure, as well as to warn the military side not to act rashly.
Tra My – Thoibao.de
