Vietnam President To Lam named Communist Party chief

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Vietnamese President To Lam has been named general secretary of the ********** Party of Vietnam, the nation’s top position, replacing Nguyen Phu Trong, who ***** on July 19.

Lam took over the duties of party chief on July 18, a day before Trong’s ****** as his health was deteriorating.

Party delegates unanimously supported Lam’s nomination, officials told a press conference on Saturday.

Addressing the delegates, Lam vowed to inherit and promote Trong’s legacy, make no changes to the Southeast ****** nation’s foreign policy, focus on achieving its socioeconomic development goals and “fiercely” continue Vietnam’s anti-graft campaign.

Vietnam does not formally have a paramount leader, but the head of the party effectively plays a more prominent role than others after Trong strengthened the powers of the role during his 13-year tenure.

Lam, a career security officer, had been seen as long aiming to become party chief, with experts calling the presidency a stepping stone for the top job.

He was elected president in May after leading a sweeping campaign of high-profile investigations against *********** as police minister.

He replaced Vo Van Thuong, who had been in the job about a year when he quit amid accusations of unspecified wrongdoing.

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