Vietnam’s Politburo Signals Key Winners After Party Congress
To Lam on Jan. 23.
Photographer: Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images
Vietnam’s new Politburo has been revealed as the Communist Party Congress wrapped up early in Hanoi, with To Lam winning a full five-year term as party chief, seemingly with minimal backroom wrangling.
The nation’s top positions are selected from the 19 members elected to the party’s most powerful decision-making body, which sets overall policy direction.