Vietnam's re-elected Communist Party General Secretary To Lam addresses a press conference after the closing ceremony of the Communist Party of Vietnam's 14th National Congress at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on January 23, 2026. - AFP
HANOI: Vietnam's top leader To Lam was unanimously reappointed on Friday (Jan 23) as head of the ruling Communist Party for the next five years by its central committee, as he pledged reforms to turbocharge growth in the export-reliant nation.
In a largely expected decision, 68-year-old Lam was re-elected to the most powerful job in the one-party state by all 180 members of a newly formed committee at the end of a congress held every five years to set key targets and make leadership decisions, the party said.
