HANOI (AFP) – Vietnam announced yesterday three new deputy prime ministers, the latest high-level political changes during a turbulent period for the ruling Party.
Political upheaval was highly unusual for decades in Vietnam, where all changes were carefully orchestrated with an emphasis on cautious stability.
However, a prominent anti-graft purge has swept up several high-level figures since 2021, including two presidents and three deputy prime ministers.
President To Lam was named as general secretary – Vietnam’s top leader – this month following the death of his predecessor, Nguyen Phu Trong.
Trong, the most powerful man in decades, was the mastermind of the “blazing furnace” crackdown on corruption.
Vietnam’s four-pillar leadership structure includes the general secretary, president, prime minister and head of the National Assembly.
The rubber-stamp Parliament met at its eighth “extraordinary” session in Hanoi yesterday and announced a new chief judge and chief prosecutor, three new deputy prime ministers and two new ministers.
