insert_link World Vietnam president handed power as party leader seeks medical care Vietnam's communist party handed the reins of power Thursday to the country's largely ceremonial president, To Lam, as its 80-year-old leader and general secretary temporarily stood down for health reasons. The politburo appointed Lam, 67, to take over as both the party and country's caretaker leader while current General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong focused "on active treatment", the Vietnamese Communist Party said in an online statement. […] todayJuly 18, 2024 11