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Communist Party of Vietnam nominates To Lam as state president

CGTN

 , Updated 22:24, 18-May-2024
Vietnam's Minister of Public Security To Lam speaks at a meeting at the National Assembly House in Hanoi, Vietnam, December 21, 2023. /CFP
Vietnam's Minister of Public Security To Lam speaks at a meeting at the National Assembly House in Hanoi, Vietnam, December 21, 2023. /CFP

Vietnam's Minister of Public Security To Lam speaks at a meeting at the National Assembly House in Hanoi, Vietnam, December 21, 2023. /CFP

The Communist Party of Vietnam nominated Minister of Public Security To Lam to be Vietnam's president, according to the Vietnam News Agency on Saturday.

The party also nominated National Assembly (NA) permanent vice chairman Tran Thanh Man as the assembly chairman.

Both are now Politburo members.

Lam, 67, has been the public security minister since April 2016.

Man, 62, has been the NA permanent vice chairman since April 2021.

The NA, Vietnam's legislature, will vote on the recommendations at its next session, which is expected to start on Monday.

(With input from Xinhua)

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