Vietnam’s rubber-stamp parliament unanimously approved army general Luong Cuong as the country’s new president on October 21, the fourth person in the job in less than two years. The president in Vietnam occupies a largely ceremonial role, which includes meeting foreign counterparts. All 440 National Assembly deputies at October 21’s session voted to pass the...

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