Vietnam's National Assembly unanimously elected Communist Party General Secretary To Lam as state president and Le Minh Hung as prime minister for the 2026-31 term, AP reported on April 7. The appointments formalize a leadership structure in which Lam simultaneously holds the top Party position and the presidency, while Hung — a former central bank governor and senior Party official — heads the government.

The leadership lineup was finalized in late March, with the National Assembly vote serving as formal ratification. The consolidation follows years of anti-corruption purges under Lam's leadership, first in his former role as minister of public security from 2016, which resulted in high turnover of top leadership and institutional strain, driving a shift toward tighter centralized control to improve discipline and policy execution.