Vietnam’s PM Phuc Nominated as President in Power Realignment
- New position comes during twice-a-decade leadership change
- Phuc is known for successful pandemic, economic leadership
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Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who oversaw rapid economic growth and successful virus containment, is poised to be elected president, possibly positioning him for the top Communist Party job in five years.
The National Assembly is expected to elect Phuc, 66, as president April 5 after he was put forward by the party’s Central Committee as the sole nominee following a five-year term as the government’s functional leader. Vietnam’s secretive leadership changes occur every half decade.