Vietnam's New Era as Premier Loses Top Party Post

摘要

Vietnam's Communist Party chief easily won a seat on a key committee, the first step toward retaining his position as head of the collective leadership of the country. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong secured more than 80% of the votes from delegates at a party congress to win election to the Central Committee, one of the two pillars of the ruling establishment. Reformist Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was not among 200 Communist officials elected to the party's new Central Committee, ending his bid to move into one of the most influential roles in the country.