Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang Dies at 61

Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang, one of the country’s top three leaders but with mostly ceremonial duties, died Friday after an illness, state television and radio announced. Quang, 61, died in a military hospital in Hanoi from a “serious illness despite efforts by domestic and international doctors and professors,” Vietnam Television reported. Vietnam has no paramount ruler and is officially led by the president, prime minister and Communist Party chief. Experts say the presidency is...

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