Vietnam's National Assembly will hold an extraordinary meeting this week, a session that officials and diplomats expect to confirm the appointment of a new president amid a leadership reshuffle prompted by a sweeping crackdown on graft.
Multiple officials and diplomats said the new president, a largely ceremonial role, would be Vo Van Thuong, who, at 52, is currently the youngest member of the party's Politburo, the country's highest decision-making body.
His appointment comes amid an anti-corruption campaign, dubbed the "blazing furnace", under which hundreds of officials have been investigated and many top political figures have been dismissed, including two deputy prime ministers. Thuong is seen as being close to Vietnam's most powerful figure, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is the main architect of the anti-graft campaign.
The president in Vietnam is among the top four political figures in the country, together with the party's general secretary, the prime minister and the head of the national assembly.
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