The country’s parliament approved a new prime minister, after a 10-year reign of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Former bureaucrat and legislator Nguyen Xuan Phuc has been handed the challenge of maintaining the momentum of one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies.
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New Vietnam Prime Minister sworn in
Hanoi, Vietnam (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 […]





