Nong Duc Manh

As President Triet plays a largely ceremonial role – influential but lacking the authority of Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nong Duc Manh Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Public Security Minister Le Hong Anh...

The protocol struck during Communist Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's April 2008 visit to Luanda was approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in September...

Its revolutionary days are long over and CPV General Secretary Nong Duc Manh leads an outward-looking Vietnam committed to multilateral diplomacy which this year has taken steps to mend relationships (and borders) with China Laos and Cambodia...

Dung's appointment in 1997 as Deputy Prime Minister to Phan Van Khai paved the way for his succession to the Premiership second in power only to the party chief Nong Duc Manh...