HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s National Assembly on Monday voted to appoint three new deputy prime ministers, a new environment minister and a new justice minister during one-day extraordinary meeting in Hanoi that had been called to deal with personnel issues. The new deputy prime ministers announced during the meeting, which was broadcast live on national television, […]
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HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s National Assembly on Monday voted to appoint three new deputy prime ministers, a new environment minister and a new justice minister during one-day extraordinary meeting in Hanoi that had been called to deal with personnel issues.
The new deputy prime ministers announced during the meeting, which was broadcast live on national television, are foreign minister Bui Thanh Son, finance minister Ho Duc Phoc and chief justice Nguyen Hoa Binh.
The meeting also ended the terms of two deputy prime ministers. Tran Luu Quang was appointed as head of the Communist Party’s Central Economic Committee last week, while Le Minh Khai had been disciplined by the Politburo earlier this month “for violating party rules”.
Monday’s changes come after a period of political turbulence during which two state presidents and a parliament speaker stepped down over accusations of “wrongdoing”.
After the appointments, there are now five deputy prime ministers working under Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
(Reporting by Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen; Editing by John Mair)