Vietnamese party chief elected country's president

Vietnam's newly elected President Nguyen Phu Trong (L) is congratulated by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during a ceremony at the Parliament House in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, on Oct. 23, 2018. Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), on Tuesday was elected president of Vietnam at the ongoing sixth session of the 14th National Assembly of Vietnam, the country's top legislature, Vietnam News Agency reported. (Xinhua/VNA)