HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam's flurry of new appointments has stacked the government with Communist Party loyalists and alumni of the security apparatus that defined the career of party chief To Lam.
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Army Gen. Luong Cuong, left, and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh are rumored to be in line for promotions. (Photo from EPA/Jiji and Vietnam's Chinh Phu website)
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam's flurry of new appointments has stacked the government with Communist Party loyalists and alumni of the security apparatus that defined the career of party chief To Lam.