Kiet Reelected Premier in Vietnam, Cites Reforms
Reformer and free-marketeer Vo Van Kiet was reelected Vietnam’s premier Thursday for a five-year term and said his appointment shows that the people back economic reforms.
Kiet promised to wage war on corruption.
“Corruption is a burning issue for the whole party and whole society,” he told the Voice of Vietnam radio station.
“The institutions authorized to fight corruption must draw lessons from previous anti-corruption campaigns, to cut wasteful spending and carry the campaign more widely and resolutely. The people must take an active part in this struggle.”
Kiet, 69, has been influential in modifying years of Stalinist-style central planning. A southerner ranked No. 3 in the Communist Party Politburo, he was the sole candidate for the job.
On Wednesday, the Assembly elected Gen. Le Duc Anh, 72, Vietnam’s top military man and a powerful Communist Party figure, as president.
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