Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C) arrives for the opening ceremony of the 12th National Congress of Vietnam's Communist Party (VCP) in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Luong Thai Linh/Pool
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's progressive prime minister was among preliminary nominations for the Communist Party's central committee on Sunday, an official said, maintaining the possibility of him contesting the party leadership to be decided this week.
The political future of Nguyen Tan Dung remains uncertain, however, after he was not among leadership candidates agreed by top decision-makers at a recent meeting, a surprise twist that saw the five-yearly congress of the secretive party open on Thursday under a cloud of controversy.
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