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Article: VOA NEWS: VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER REITERATES INTENT TO STEP DOWN
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 16, 2006
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Matt Steinglass
Vietnam's Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has repeated his intention to step down in favor of a younger man. Mr. Khai spoke at the opening of the country's National Assembly, where his expected successor, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, was unusually visible.
The expectation that Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will be given the top government job was reinforced at the opening of the National Assembly Tuesday, when he delivered the speech outlining the country's socioeconomic development plan. That speech is normally given by the prime minister.
But Dung's designation as successor to Prime Minister Phan Van ...