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Vietnam Has First Female President, But Activists Unimpressed

Vietnam's appointment of its first female president belies a deep gender imbalance in the communist country's politics and society and will do little to improve women's rights, advocates said Monday. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh was named acting president Sunday following the death of Tran Dai Quang, a former chief of internal security appointed to the presidency in 2016. "I think while Ngoc Thinh's appointment is symbolically important, its wider significance is limited to...


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