TOKYO -- Vietnamese President To Lam has taken over the duties of Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Southeast Asian nation's top official who has had health concerns.
80-year-old top government official to focus on treatment, official statement says

Vietnamese Communist Party General-Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, left, and Vietnamese President To Lam. (Source photos by AP)
TOKYO -- Vietnamese President To Lam has taken over the duties of Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Southeast Asian nation's top official who has had health concerns.