Vietnam Picks Communist Party Official to Head Central Bank
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Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc nominated a Communist Party official as central bank chief in an overhaul of the government a day after he was chosen leader.
Le Minh Hung, a former deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam and No. 2 in the Communist Party administration office, was selected as governor of the central bank, according to a statement on the government’s website. Phuc, a sole nominee elected by the National Assembly on April 7, asked parliament to dismiss 20 cabinet members, including Governor Nguyen Van Binh.