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China has imposed sanctions against two Canadian companies and their employees.
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Trump has threatened to return the Panama Canal to the United States.
06 : 12
China has expressed dissatisfaction with US military assistance to Taiwan.
16 : 51
Brazil chose the cotton tree as the BRICS logo.
16 : 24
Orban revealed a plan to create the largest party in the European Parliament.
12 : 16
The new Syrian authorities have appointed the head of the Foreign Ministry in the interim government.
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Vietnam selects new PM and President

Vietnam selects new PM and President

Vietnam’s has a new President and prime minister after the National Assembly has confirmed the nominations.

Vietnam has no paramount ruler and is officially led by four “pillars” such as:

  • the powerful General Secretary of the Communist Party,
  • a state president,
  • a governing prime minister, and
  • the chair of the National Assembly, a largely rubber-stamp legislature.

The new PM, Pham Minh Chinh is a career security official who will replace Nguyen Xuan Phuc. He won 96.25 per cent of the vote at an official National Assembly vote on Monday, Vietnam Plus reports.

In the history of Asian country, Chinh will be the first PM not to have previously served as a deputy prime minister. The main candidates for each post were officially declared top secret in December last year in order to discourage potentially critical debate.

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