Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. - Vietnam News/ANN
HANOI, April 5 (Reuters): After Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief was elected for a rare third term in January, Vietnam now confirmed the nomination of a new president and prime minister to head one of Asia's fastest growing economies for the next five years.
Vietnam has no paramount ruler and is officially led by four "pillars": the powerful General Secretary of the Communist Party, a largely ceremonial president, a governing prime minister and the chair of its National Assembly.
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