HANOI — Vietnam's President To Lam has taken over the duties of Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong who is focusing on an unspecified health treatment, the party said on Thursday (July 18). The extraordinary move comes after months of speculation that Trong's health was weakening.
Vietnam's President To Lam has taken over the duties of Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong who is focusing on an unspecified health treatment, the party said on Thursday.HANOI — Vietnam's President To Lam has taken over the duties of Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong who is focusing on an unspecified health treatment, the party said on Thursday .
Lam, a former head of internal security, has been widely seen as a top candidate to replace Trong when his term ends in 2026. The party's powerful Politburo has tasked him with temporarily presiding over "the work of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat," according to a statement from the party's central office.
Though Vietnam officially has no paramount ruler, the party chief holds the most powerful position in the Communist-ruled nation. Trong, 80, has been in the post since 2011.Trong, a Marxist-Leninist ideologue, has since 2017 unleashed what many see as a China-style crackdown on corruption known as "blazing furnace". But in recent months, he has appeared fragile in public events and missed several top-level meetings.
Lam was elected president in May after several top leaders quit amid accusations of unspecified wrongdoing.
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