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 News Agency reported.
The country’s top legislature convened a special meeting and elected Thuong as the new president with an approval rate of 98.38 percent, according to Vietnam News Agency.
In his sworn-in statement, Thuong vowed to be