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1st LD: Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected as Vietnam's communist party chief

Xinhua, January 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nguyen Phu Trong has been re-elected as the General Secretary of the newly--elected 12th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) in its first plenary held on Wednesday, local media reported.

Vietnam's state run news agency on Wednesday afternoon released a photo report over the first plenary of the 12th CPVCC, showing that Nguyen Phu Trong receiving a bouquet of flowers as congratulations, and standing on the meeting hall stage together with Tran Dai Quang, Vietnamese Minister of Public Security and member of the 12th CPVCC.

Local online newspaper VNExpress reported that Nguyen Phu Trong has been re-elected as the General Secretary of the 12th CPVCC.

The 12th CPVCC held its first plenary to elect Politburo, General Secretary, Secretariat, Central Inspection Commission and Head of Central Inspection Commission on Wednesday in Vietnam's capital Hanoi. Enditem