Nguyen Phu Trong, one of the country's longest-serving politicians, died on Friday due to old age and illness Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of Vietnam's ruling Communist party and the country's most powerful politician, has died aged 80, creating a power vacuum. Trong died early on Friday afternoon "after a period of illness", according to his medical team, state media reported.
Nguyen Phu Trong, one of the country's longest-serving politicians, died on Friday due to old age and illness Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of Vietnam's ruling Communist party and the country's most powerful politician, has died aged 80, creating a power vacuum. Trong died early on Friday afternoon "after a period of illness", according to his medical team, state media reported.
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