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Vietnam nominates public security minister to be new president

To Lam has been nominated by Vietnam's governing Communist Party months after his predecessor stepped down as part of an anticorruption crackdown [File: Minh Hoang/EPA-EFE]

Vietnam’s governing Communist Party has nominated the public security minister to be the next president, state media reported, months after his predecessor stepped down as part of a anticorruption crackdown.

On Saturday, the party’s central committee picked To Lam, 66, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

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