Vietnam’s Longtime Communist Leader Trong Dies; To Lam Takes Over as Leader

Published on July 22, 2024

Vietnam’s leader and general secretary ruling communist party, Nguyen Phu Trong, died on July 19 at age 80. President To Lam has taken over his position. The Central Committee of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party issued an obituary on Friday saying that Trong, the general secretary of the party, passed away “due to old age and serious illness.” Vietnamese officials did not mention details about Trong’s illness. Since 2011, Trong had served as general secretary of the Communist Party of the one party-ruled authoritarian state, which made him the top leader of the country. He also served as President of Vietnam from 2018 to 2020....

Continue reading on website
Other news

California to Launch ‘Hydrogen Hub’ to Expand Zero-Emission Technology

July 22, 2024
California will have the nation’s first so-called hydrogen hub—a network that produces hydrogen for various needs including powering vehicles and generating electricity—after federal officials announced July 17 they have signed a $12.6 billion agreement to bring the technology to the state, according to the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom.The grant stems from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which w

Joy in Newfoundland After ‘Lucky 7′ Fishers Survive Harrowing Days Lost at Sea

July 22, 2024
NEW-WES-VALLEY, N.L.—There was a powerful word being repeated in the joyful Newfoundland community of New-Wes-Valley on Sunday: “Miracle.”Over and over, residents out walking or chatting to one another in local stores described the rescue of seven fishermen from the area who had somehow survived two days in a life-raft on the Atlantic ocean as nothing short of miraculous.“Thank you, thank you, tha