00:00Vietnam's Parliament has elected former Central Bank Governor Li Min Hung as the country's new Prime Minister for the next
00:07five years.
00:08National Assembly also elected Communist Party Chief Tho Lam as President, consolidating the country's top party and state roles.
00:18Hung is the Vietnam's 10th Cabinet Leader since 1945, replacing Pam Min Chin.
00:24He is also the second head of the party's Central Committee's Organization Commission to be elected as Prime Minister.
00:32Meanwhile, Lam was the sole nominee for the presidential post, with the Assembly's approval largely a formality in the one
00:39-party state.
00:40He had received 99% of the vote and results announced at the parliamentary session in Hanoi.
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