Communist Party nominates new president, say sources

THE country’s Communist Party has nominated Vo Van Thuong (pic) as the country’s new president, two party sources said, following the sudden forced resignation in January of his predecessor as part of a sweeping anti-corruption campaign.

Thuong, 52, is the youngest member of the party’s Politburo, the country’s top decision-making body, and is widely regarded as being close to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam’s most powerful figure.