Vietnam’s security chief To Lam becomes new president.

Appointment

Vietnam’s rubber-stamp parliament has approved public security minister To Lam as the country’s new president after a major anticorruption campaign forced his predecessor to resign. In line with the one-party state’s usual procedures, the National Assembly voted unanimously on a resolution that approved 66-year-old Lam’s election after a secret ballot in which he was the only candidate for the job. The vote followed his nomination by the ruling Communist Party last week.


      Lam’s appointment comes after a major anticorruption drive that analysts say he has weaponised for his benefit.

     

     

 

     


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