Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA)elected Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member of the 13th tenure and adeputy of the 14th legislature, as State President for the 2016-2021term on April 5 morning, during the 14th legislature’s 11th sitting.
With 468 approval votes or 97.5 percent of the totalNA deputies, the legislature passed a resolution on the election.
The resolution came into force right after it wonthe approval of the NA.
President Phuc was born on July 20, 1954 in thecentral province of Quang Nam. He was Politburo member of the 11th,12th and 13th tenures, member of the Party CentralCommittee of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th tenures, and NA deputy of the 11th, 13th and 14th tenures./.