Vietnam's leader To Lam strengthens power in unanimous assembly vote

Vietnam's communist party chief is now also the country's president - an unusual concentration of power.

Vietnam gets its most powerful leader in decades

Communist Party leader To Lam’s election as president cements his grip on one of the world’s fastest-growing economies

To Lam emerges as Vietnam’s ‘supreme leader’ after being elected president

Vietnam’s Communist Party boss To Lam was elected president by the National Assembly on Tuesday, capping his bid to centralise authority in a nation where senior cadres have traditionally governed collectively. In less than two years as party chief, the 68-year-old has swept aside rivals and transformed the country through an aggressive reform drive – literally redrawing the map as he combined provinces and slashed bureaucracy. Lam has set an ambitious target of 10 per cent annual growth for ...

By Agence France-Presse

Vietnam elects Communist Party leader To Lam as president

The election of To Lam as the state president marks a shift in Vietnam's power structure where party leadership and state presidency were held by different people.

Vietnam copies China’s power model as party boss takes presidency

This is To Lam’s second time holding both jobs, after briefly doing so in 2024 when his predecessor as party chief, Nguyen Phu Trong, died.

Vietnam elects Communist Party chief as president, echoing China's power structure

Vietnam unanimously elected Communist Party General Secretary To Lam as president for a five-year term, consolidating his control over both the party and the state. The move departs from Vietnam’s tradition of shared leadership, in which the jobs have typically been held by different people, and echoes power structures in China under Xi Jinping and neighboring Laos. It has been widely expected since Lam’s reelection as Communist Party head in January, when observers noted that his consolidation

By The Korea Herald

Vietnam's ruling-party leader To Lam elected president in structural shift

The widely anticipated move marks a break from Vietnam's traditional collective leadership system, consolidating authority in one figure.

Vietnam's top leader To Lam wins state presidency, gets China-style mandate

HANOI - Vietnam's lawmakers on Tuesday ‌unanimously elected Communist Party Secretary General To Lam as the country's state president for the next five years, making him the most powerful Vietnamese leader in decades.

Vietnam's top leader To Lam wins state presidency, gets China-style mandate

Vietnam breaks with tradition as To Lam takes dual leadership roles

By Reuters

Vietnam's Party General Secretary To Lam elected State President for 2026-2031 term

Party General Secretary To Lam was elected by the National Assembly as State President for the 2026-2031 term on Monday morning, according to a resolution passed unanimously by deputies.