FILE PHOTO: Vietnamese leaders (L-R) Communist Party and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrive for the opening ceremony of the 37th ASEAN summit in Hanoi, Vietnam November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party will hold a congress starting on Jan. 25 that will select new leadership and shape policy in the Southeast Asian country for the next five years.
Vietnam has no paramount ruler and is officially led by four 'pillars': the chief of its Communist Party, a president, a prime minister and the National Assembly chair.
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