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Vietnam votes in public security minister as president

To Lam takes his oath as Vietnam's President during the National Assembly's summer session in Hanoi on May 22, 2024. [AFP]

Vietnam's rubber-stamp parliament voted in public security minister To Lam as the country's new president on Wednesday, after a major anti-corruption campaign forced his predecessor to resign.

Thousands of people -- including several senior government and business leaders have been caught up in the Southeast Asian country's "blazing furnace" crackdown on graft, led by Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

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