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China Model Gains Appeal in Vietnam as Police Expand Power
Draft plans would put data trading under the Public Security Ministry and extend AI camera surveillance nationwide, echoing China’s model, Reuters reports.
- Draft documents reveal Vietnam plans to establish state-run data-trading exchanges overseen by the Public Security Ministry, mirroring China's centralized surveillance model and expanding the state's ability to deploy information for surveillance and strategic goals.
- Party chief To Lam, a former public security boss, is leading Vietnam toward Beijing's governance model as China-friendly security figures rise in Hanoi, prioritizing state control and security over traditional collective leadership.
- Technology has emerged as a key marker, with Vietnam dropping concerns over Chinese 5G equipment while FPT invests in undersea cables linked to Huawei, and the Vietnamese Communist Party adopts China-style economic policies centered on subsidies and public investment.
- Nguyen Khac Giang of Singapore's ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute noted that "the police's rising power may partly explain a growing interest in Chinese-style social control tactics," warning of impacts on Vietnam's autonomy and Western relations.
- Despite this alignment, Vietnam continues to hedge geopolitically, keeping doors open to Washington, while Lam is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, April 15, to solidify cooperation and yield dozens of bilateral agreements.
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AlKhaleej TodayBig Brother, Little Brother: Vietnam trades collective leadership for Chinese-style control
HANOI, April 14 — Vietnam is increasingly edging closer to China’s model of governance, tightening state control while embracing Chinese technology and regulation as its most powerful leader in decades heads to Beijing this week, according to internal documents, public policy plans and sources.The two Communist neighbours have swung between conflict and cooperation over centuries. Now, Vietnam is leaning more openly toward Beijing, as China-fri…
China model gains appeal in Vietnam as police expand power
Vietnam is increasingly edging closer to China’s model of governance, tightening state control while embracing Chinese technology and regulation as its most powerful leader in decades heads to Beijing this week, according to internal documents, public policy plans and sources.
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