The military is the site of many corruption and abuses of power. The number of army and police generals are increasing sharply to very high during peaceful time.
With a budget of over $7 billion annually, Vietnam’s Defense Ministry is where the generals get big benefits. Similarly, the Ministry of Public Security is with an annual budget of over $4 billion. The huge budget is the honey that the flies come in to feed on.
A state with a lot of corruption, that state cannot be strong, a corrupt army cannot be strong. This is a problem that has happened since ancient times, not only today. Although there are many generals, the military strength of the Vietnamese army is a big question.
Previously, the Communists hid behind civilians to fight the enemy. This tactic is called guerrilla tactics. That’s why millions of people fell. However, that time has passed 48 years ago. Now, the strength of the army is no longer a large number of generals, but it is strong in the fighting will of the soldier, the professionalism of both the commander and the soldier. In which, a large part comes from defense technology.
The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Defense are two swords of Vietnam’s communist regime, between these two ministries there is a similarity, which is the increasingly serious cruelty and indiscipline. With the police, in 3 years they killed 226 people in custody and temporary detention.
That is the ultimate evil, but what is more remarkable is that there is almost no prosecution against those who have made the suspect sto die unjustly. That shows that discipline in the police forces is floating. If discipline is let loose, the police force cannot be strong. As evidenced by the massacre on the plateau, the police are afraid of inanimate camouflage suits.
The situation in the military is similar. In recent years, newly enlisted soldiers have been beaten to death frequently. However, not all cases are known to the online community. The number of cases known to the online community is just the tip of the iceberg. Even so, the cases posted on social networks are still not given a fair trial, and the unjustice remains. The family of the ill-fated soldier had to shut up to buy safety.
In recent years, on social networks, there are scenes of new soldiers have been beaten by old soldiers. The way of “saluting” of new soldiers is to be humiliated, “beaten“, just like a new prisoner entering the prison. In police prisons, eagles are often assigned by the warden to “teach” forcing new inmates to “be obedient” and that is the cause of many unjust deaths.
In the Vietnamese People’s Army, a similar situation happened. Possibly, the commanders assigned the bullies in the barracks to “teach” the new recruits, and that was the cause of the deaths of newly enlisted soldiers.
Eagles in military barracks have existed for a long time. The existence of this situation shows that the army lacks discipline. And an army that lacks discipline can only fight the people well, but how can it fight the enemy? There are many generals, but most of them are useless, because their purpose is to make money from the budget, they do not care that only discipline makes the strength of the army.
Recently, on the social network Facebook appeared information about the death of a soldier named Nguyen Van Hao. Mr. Hao was born in 2004, from Kinh No village, Uy No commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi city. He went to the military voluntarily and joined the army in February 2023, was assigned to Battalion 97, Artillery Army, stationed in hamlet 5, Tong Bat commune, Ba Vi district, Hanoi. On the body of soldier Hao, there were bruises on the right neck and two broken ribs on the left side.
Previously, soldier Tran Duc Do, born in 2002, died while performing his military service in Thai Nguyen. The family and social media cried out, but the case has not been unveailed and went forgotten. The authorities covered up the corruption within the military.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
