Vietnam Communist Party chief Trong, 80, dies of ‘old age, serious illness’
Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has died, state media said on Friday, after holding the country’s most powerful position for 13 years. He was 80.
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Nguyen Phu Trong, Powerful Vietnamese Leader, Is Dead at 80
Nguyen Phu Trong, the hard-line general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party who presided over his country’s economic and geopolitical transformation, and reshaped its leadership with his “blazing furnace” anticorruption campaign, died on Friday at a hospital in Hanoi. He was 80.
Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s most powerful leader, dies at age 80
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said Friday. He was 80.
Vietnam Communist Party chief Trong dies at 80, state media says
Vietnam's Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has died, state media said on Friday, after holding the country's most powerful position for more than a decade. He was 80.
Vietnam's President Lam takes party chief duties as Trong focuses on health
HANOI — Vietnam's President To Lam has taken over the duties of Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong who is focusing on an unspecified health treatment, the party said on Thursday (July 18).
Vietnam succession in focus as president stands in for party chief
HANOI -- A power struggle in Vietnam's ruling Communist Party could be about to intensify with all eyes on powerful but ailing General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, whose duties have been taken over by President To Lam.
BYD sets sights on aggressive expansion in Vietnam
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