Vietnam party boss To Lam surrounds himself with police allies

Communist ex-cop seen pulling a 'palace coup' as he consolidates power

20240828 Secretariat General Luong Cuong  and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh

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)

LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer

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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