Vietnam Selects Former Security Official as Prime Minister
2021-04-06
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1Vietnam's legislature voted for Pham Minh Chinh, a career security official, as the country's new prime minister Monday.
2Chinh succeeded Nguyen Xuan Phuc who was named president.
3The votes of the 500-member National Assembly followed decisions made in January by the Communist Party's national congress.
4Chinh is 62 years old. Most recently, he was head of the party's Central Organization Commission.
5Chinh was also a member of the office charged with corruption prevention.
6In 2010, he served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security.
7The ministry is responsible for policing, watching dissidents and activists as well as spying in other countries.
8A year later, he became party chief of Quang Ninh province where he was credited with helping with economic development through administrative reform.
9Nguyen Khac Giang is a Vietnam expert at New Zealand's Victoria University.
10He said the party picked Chinh as prime minister to continue growing the country's economy.
11During Phuc's time as prime minister, Vietnam's economy has expanded 6 percent over the past five years.
12Unlike other countries during the pandemic, its economy continued to grow at 2.9 percent in 2020.
13With strong measures including a nationwide lockdown, Vietnam has limited the spread of the virus and quickly reopened its economy and manufacturing.
14At the age of 66, Phuc passed the age limit to serve as prime minister.
15As president, Phuc will have a mostly ceremonial job.
16Ha Hoang Hop is with the Singapore-based ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
17He said, as prime minister, Chinh would have to deal with China's aggression in the South China Sea and other issues including "economic development" and "political stability."
18Vietnam has four main leadership positions.
19In addition to prime minister and president, the others are General Secretary of the Communist Party and leader of the National Assembly
20Last week, Vuong Dinh Hue became head of the National Assembly.
21Earlier this year, Nguyen Phu Trong was elected to a third term as General Secretary of the Communist Party, the most powerful position in the country.
22I'm Mario Ritter Jr.
1Vietnam's legislature voted for Pham Minh Chinh, a career security official, as the country's new prime minister Monday. Chinh succeeded Nguyen Xuan Phuc who was named president. 2The votes of the 500-member National Assembly followed decisions made in January by the Communist Party's national congress. 3Chinh is 62 years old. Most recently, he was head of the party's Central Organization Commission. Chinh was also a member of the office charged with corruption prevention. 4In 2010, he served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security. The ministry is responsible for policing, watching dissidents and activists as well as spying in other countries. A year later, he became party chief of Quang Ninh province where he was credited with helping with economic development through administrative reform. 5Nguyen Khac Giang is a Vietnam expert at New Zealand's Victoria University. He said the party picked Chinh as prime minister to continue growing the country's economy. 6During Phuc's time as prime minister, Vietnam's economy has expanded 6 percent over the past five years. Unlike other countries during the pandemic, its economy continued to grow at 2.9 percent in 2020. 7With strong measures including a nationwide lockdown, Vietnam has limited the spread of the virus and quickly reopened its economy and manufacturing. 8At the age of 66, Phuc passed the age limit to serve as prime minister. As president, Phuc will have a mostly ceremonial job. 9Ha Hoang Hop is with the Singapore-based ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. He said, as prime minister, Chinh would have to deal with China's aggression in the South China Sea and other issues including "economic development" and "political stability." 10Vietnam has four main leadership positions. In addition to prime minister and president, the others are General Secretary of the Communist Party and leader of the National Assembly 11Last week, Vuong Dinh Hue became head of the National Assembly. Earlier this year, Nguyen Phu Trong was elected to a third term as General Secretary of the Communist Party, the most powerful position in the country. 12I'm Mario Ritter Jr. 13Hau Dinh reported this story for the Associated Press and James Pearson reported this story for Reuters. Dan Novak adapted it for VOA Learning English. Hai Do was the editor. 14_______________________________________________________________ 15Words in This Story 16province- n. any one of the large parts that some countries are divided into 17lockdown- n. a state of restricted access established as security measure 18stability- n. the state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change 19ceremonial- n. without real power or influence 20stability- n. the state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change 21ceremonial- n. without real power or influence