Vietnam elects new president, prime minister
Vietnam s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was chosen Monday as the country s new president and was replaced by fellow Politburo member Pham Minh Chinh, as members of the ruling Communist Party voted in the National Assembly.
Phuc, 66, took the second-highest post in the country s leadership that had been concurrently taken by top leader Nguyen Phu Trong, 76, the general secretary of the party who is serving a rare third term in the top post.
Combined photo shows Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and Pham Minh Chinh. (Kyodo)
With these appointments, the four key positions of the country s leadership have been confirmed. Last week, Vuong Dinh Hue, a former prime minister and Hanoi party committee secretary, was elected as National Assembly chairman.
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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. - Vietnam News/ANN HANOI, April 5 (Reuters): After Vietnam s ruling Communist Party chief was elected for a rare third term in January, Vietnam now confirmed the nomination of a new president and prime minister to head one of Asia s fastest growing economies for the next five years.
Vietnam has no paramount ruler and is officially led by four pillars : the powerful General Secretary of the Communist Party, a largely ceremonial president, a governing prime minister and the chair of its National Assembly.
The main candidates for each post had all been widely known in Hanoi s political circles, but were officially declared top secret in December last year in order to discourage potentially critical debate.