Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong died on Friday, July 19, 2024, after holding the nation's most powerful position for 13 years. He was 80 years old. The country's president, To ...

Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong died on Friday after holding the country's most powerful position for 13 years during which he oversaw fast economic growth, a years-long ...

Known for his “blazing furnace” anticorruption campaign, Mr. Trong consolidated power in one of the world’s few remaining Communist dictatorships. By Sui-Lee Wee Nguyen Phu Trong, the hard-line ...

Nguyen Phu Trong, longtime general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, died on July 19 at age 80. His passing after more than a decade in power marks the beginning of a struggle for political ...

HANOI - Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's Communist Party chief and the country’s most powerful official, has died, according to a government statement. Trong, 80, was the general secretary of the party ...

Jorge Heine is a member of the Party for Democracy, a Chilean political party, and of the Foro Permanente de Politica Exterior, a Chilean think tank. As a rule, the U.S. secretary of state does not ...

The Communist Party announced the death of Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong—the top leader in Vietnam’s political system—at eighty years old this morning. Until recently, the role of party general secretary ...

HANOI, July 19 (Reuters) - Nguyen Phu Trong, the Marxist-Leninist who led Vietnam for more than a decade overseeing rapid economic growth and more recently trod a fine line in elevating ties with both ...

Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said Friday. He was 80.

General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong passed away at 1:38 p.m. Friday at the age of 80 due to old age and severe illness. The Professional Council for ...

Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong died on Friday after holding the country's most powerful position for 13 years during which he oversaw fast economic growth, a yearslong ...