Vietnam elects new president, prime minister

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was chosen Monday as the country's new president and was replaced by fellow Politburo member Pham Minh Chinh, as members of the ruling Communist Party voted in the National Assembly.Phuc, 66, took the second-highest post in the country's leadership that had been concurrently taken by top leader Nguyen Phu Trong, 76, the general secretary of the party who is serving a rare third term in the top post.With these appointments, the four key positions of the country's leadership have been confirmed. Last week, Vuong Dinh Hue, a former prime minister and H…READ FULL ARTICLE