Vietnam nominates public security minister To Lam for new president, says state media

To Lam, 66, has been Vietnam's public security minister since 2016 and has taken a hard line on human rights movements in the communist country. - Photo: Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI (AFP): Vietnam's Communist Party has nominated public security minister To Lam to be the country's new president, state media said Saturday, after his predecessor resigned as part of a sweeping anti-graft purge.

The party's central committee had agreed to "the nomination of Comrade To Lam, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security to be elected as President," the Vietnam News Agency reported.