Vietnam s National Assembly on
Wednesday elected its police minister To Lam as the country s
new president, the biggest change so far in a major leadership
reshuffle after an unusual spell of. -May 21, 2024 at 10:01 pm EDT
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HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's parliament elected police minister To Lam as the state president on Wednesday, in a move analysts see as a "stepping stone" for Lam to bid later for the position of chief of the ruling Communist Party, the country's top job. Lam's election followed the appointment on Monday by Vietnam's National Assembly of its new chairman, former deputy Tran Thanh Man, possibly bringing to a temporary end two-months of heightened political turbulence which saw the exit of three of Vietnam's top five leaders over unspecified wrongdoings.
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