Vietnam's ruling Communist Party re-elects To Lam as general secretary

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s leader To Lam was re-elected Friday as the general secretary of its ruling Communist Party.The decision came at the conclusion of the National Party Congress, the country’s most important political conclave.No announcement was made about whether he will also become president. If To Lam were to get both positions, he would be the country’s most powerful leader in decades, in a manner similar to that of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.The Congress was framed by Vietnam’s defining national question: whether the country can transform itself into a high-income economy b…READ FULL ARTICLE