HANOI, March 2 (Xinhua) — Vo Van Thuong, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), was elected as Vietnam’s new president on Thursday, Vietnam Television reported.
Vietnam’s National Assembly formally approved 52-year-old Thuong to take over the presidency during an extraordinary meeting, said the state TV.
On Jan. 17, Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigned as Vietnam’s president for personal