Author: Derek Pham, CSIS

This May, Vietnam’s National Assembly will confirm the selection of a new executive ‘troika’ to guide the country’s development for the next five years.

Current chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Phu Trong will take the top spot as General Secretary of the Communist Party; Truong Tan Sang, a prominent Politburo member, will assume the role of State President; and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, re-elected, will keep his post as head of government. Read more…