{"id":32756,"date":"2026-04-09T16:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=32756"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:39:23","slug":"vietnam-all-the-power-in-to-lams-grasping-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=32756","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam: all the power in To Lam\u2019s grasping hands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To Lam\u2019s assumption of the state presidency alongside his position as Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) general secretary is neither surprising nor unprecedented. Nguyen Phu Trong held both roles from 2018 to 2021 before relinquishing the presidency. To Lam himself briefly combined them after Trong\u2019s death in mid-2024, before handing the presidency to Luong Cuong. [\u2026]<\/p>\n

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To Lam\u2019s assumption of the state presidency alongside his position as Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) general secretary is neither surprising nor unprecedented. Nguyen Phu Trong held both roles from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-without-rubric"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t