As a rule, the U.S. secretary of state does not attend the funeral of the general secretary of a Communist party. There, he paid his respects to the Vietnamese government and to the family of Trong, ...
The Communist Party announced the death of Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong—the top leader in Vietnam’s political system—at eighty years old this morning. Until recently, the role of party general secretary ...
This article is the second in a two-part series. Part 1 is available here. When Nguyen Phu Trong assumed Vietnam’s presidency following the death of President Tran Dai Quang in September 2018, he ...
Known for his “blazing furnace” anticorruption campaign, Mr. Trong consolidated power in one of the world’s few remaining Communist dictatorships. By Sui-Lee Wee See more of our coverage in your ...
Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said Friday. He was 80.
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