INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vietnam has nominated its Public Security Minister To Lam as its new president, state media said on Saturday, after his predecessor resigned
agreed to the nomination of To Lam, a Politburo member, as president, state-run Vietnam News Agency reported
Thuong resigned in March after a little over a year in the position
campaign is being led by Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, 79, an ideologue who views graft as the gravest threat facing
over four decades in the Ministry of Public Security before becoming the minister in 2016, has been a key figure in the execution of
position themselves as a successor to Trong, who was elected to an unprecedented third term as party chief in 2021
Given his age, experts say that it is unlikely that he will continue for another term.Source: The Associated Press--Agencies
