Vietnam’s To Lam Clinches Presidency, Holds Rare Dual Power Over Party and State

Vietnam’s National Assembly unanimously elected Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm as state president on Tuesday, granting him a dual mandate that breaks from the country’s tradition of collective leadership and mirrors governance structures in China and neighboring Laos. Lawmakers acted on a Communist Party nomination locked in at an internal meeting in late March. […] The post Vietnam’s To Lam Clinches Presidency, Holds Rare Dual Power Over Party and State appeared first on the deep dive.