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Foreign media outlets report on election of Vietnam’s new leadership

The election of the 13th Party Central Committee, the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat at the ongoing 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has received wide coverage on foreign media.
Foreign media outlets report on election of Vietnam’s new leadership ảnh 1At the 13th National Party Congress (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The election of the 13th Party Central Committee, the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’sSecretariat at the ongoing 13th National Congress of the CommunistParty of Vietnam (CPV) has received wide coverage on foreign media.

The Chinese news agency Xinhua said the election of theCPV’s new leadership took place at the first plenum of the CPV CentralCommittee in the morning of January 31. The meeting elected the Party CentralCommittee’s Politburo, Secretariat, and the Inspection Commission along with itsChairman for the 13th tenure.

The Japanese news agency Kyodo News affirmed that theelection result reflects the CPV’s leadership achievements with successfulcontrol of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic growth maintenance last year.

The UK’s Reuters highlighted Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong’s appeal for strengthening the Party’s discipline and its consistentpolicy against corruption.

Meanwhile, France’s AFP news agency quoted Prof. Carl Thayer,an expert on Vietnamese studies from Australia’s New South Wales University assaying that with election result at the Congress, the CPV will continuecracking down on corruption during its new tenure.

The France24, Rappler, Channel News Asia and the Guardianalso reported on the event./.
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