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State media, citing information from Trong’s medical team, said he died early afternoon on Friday ‘after a period of illness’ Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has died, state media said on Friday, after holding the country’s most powerful position for more than a decade. State media, citing information from Trong’s medical team, said he died early afternoon on …

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s most powerful leader, dies at age 80

HANOI, Vietnam — 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. During Trong’s tenure as president and Communist Party chief, Guterres said, “Vietnam continued its remarkable development journey to emerge as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and an important partner …

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s most powerful leader, dies at 80

Vietnamese General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong, shown last year, has died after a months-long illness, official media said Friday. 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. “General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party Nguyen …

Government says Trong died at a military hospital ‘due to old age and serious illness’. Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who was seen as the most powerful figure in the country, has died, according to state media, ending more than 13 years of leadership after a reported illness. “A country without discipline would be chaotic and unstable,” …

Vietnam's most powerful Communist Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong dies at 80

HANOI: Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's most powerful contemporary leader and architect of the country's largest anti-corruption campaign, died Friday at the age of 80, state media said. During Trong's 13 years as general secretary of the Communist Party, thousands of people were arrested on corruption charges and a crackdown on dissidents and activists intensified in the one-party state. Trong would …

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