Vietnamese Politics

Vietnamese Communist Party Leader Nguyen Phu Trong Passes Away Aged 80

Nguyen Phu Trong, the General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party Central Committee, passed away on Friday at the age of 80. According to state media, he died early afternoon due to old age and serious illness at a military hospital. This announcement comes a day after the party announced that Trong would hand over power. Trong had dominated Vietnamese politics since 2011 when he was elected as the party chief.
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