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HANOI, (APP/AFP): Vietnam’s new prime minister Nguyen Xuan
Phuc was formally voted in and handed a five-year term by lawmakers Thursday to round off a leadership change among Communist top brass.
Phuc was the only candidate nominated for the position by party
officials earlier this year and won 90.26 percent of the votes in the rubber stamp parliament.
“I will do my best to serve the country and people,” the 61-year-old,
who was previously a deputy prime minister, said after the vote according to state-run VTV.
Authoritarian Vietnam is run by the Communist Party and officially
led by a triumvirate of the party secretary general, president, and prime minister, with key decisions being made by the 19-member politburo.