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Article: Economic reform seen in selection of Viet boss
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 19, 1986
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BANGKOK, Thailand The sixth Vietnamese Communist Party congress
ended yesterday with economic reformer Nguyen Van Linh chosen as new
party chief.
Linh was chosen unanimously, Radio Hanoi said. His elevation
highlights a series of dramatic turns that seem to add another
communist nation to those shifting from communist orthodoxy to more
flexible economic practices.
Linh's election followed the resignation Wednesday of several
Vietnamese leaders, including Truong Chinh, 79, former party chief;
Pham Van Dong, 80, former prime minister, and senior Politburo member
Le Duc Tho, 75. Radio Hanoi said they resigned for reasons of "old
age and health" in what marks a mass retirement of the old ...