US President Joe Biden met with Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) on Sunday in a visit that the Southeast Asian nation elevated Washington to its highest diplomatic status, according to media reports. Some Chinese experts said such a high-profile...More

Deputies of Vietnam's 14th National Assembly elected Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, the country's president with 99.79 percent (476/477) votes during its sixth session convened on October 23 in Hanoi. Earlier, during the Eighth Plenary Session of 12th CPV Central...More

Hanoi (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Nguyen Phu Trong was elected as President for the 2016-2021 tenure at a plenum of the 14th National Assembly’s sixth session in Hanoi on October 23. The following is a brief biography of Party...More

Hanoi (VNA) – Deputies of the 14th National Assembly on October 23 elected Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, as the State President for the 2016-2021 tenure during their on-going sixth session in Hanoi. Right after the result of the vote, conducted in...More