Vietnam's President takes nation's top job as communist party chief

Vietnamese President To Lam was named general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the nation's top position, on Aug 3, replacing former chief Nguyen Phu Trong, who died two weeks ago.

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Mr Lam, 67, had temporarily taken over the duties of party chief on July 18, a day before Mr Trong's death, as the latter's health was deteriorating.

Party delegates unanimously supported Mr Lam's nomination, officials told a press conference.

Addressing the delegates, Mr Lam vowed to inherit and promote Mr Trong's legacy, make no chang-es to the South-east Asian nation's foreign policy, focus on achieving its socio-economic development goals and "fiercely" continue Vietnam's anti-graft campaign.

"In the coming time, the work on anti-corruption will be continued fiercely7 Mr Lam told the press conference.

"Personally I feel fortunate that I have much experience in handling (the) anti-graft campaign during the time I worked at the Police Ministry"