Vietnam's lawmakers unanimously elected Communist Party Secretary General To Lam as the country's state president, a parliament official said Tuesday.

Vietnam's lawmakers unanimously elected Communist Party Secretary General To Lam as the country's state president, a parliament official said Tuesday.

La nomina di To Lam rompe con il tradizionale sistema di leadership collettiva del Paese dove fino a ora i due ruoli erano affidati a figure distinte. Ex capo …

Vietnam's communist party chief is now also the country's president - an unusual concentration of power.