The appointment of Vo Van Thuong comes during a period of political upheaval in Vietnam.
VIETNAM’S rubber stamp National Assembly voted in a new president, who immediately pledged to crack down on corruption following the resignation of his predecessor in an anti-graft campaign.
Members of the National Assembly elected 52-year-old Thuong – the sole candidate – for a term running until 2026, following the resignation of Nguyen Xuan Phuc in January. Thuong is seen as close to Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong, the most powerful man in the party and the architect of the anti-corruption drive.
The Communist Party ruled in January that Phuc was responsible for wrongdoing by senior ministers under him during his 2016-2021 stint as prime minister, before he became president.
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