Three chief Vietnamese leaders appealed to resign at National
Assembly Saturday morning.
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, President of the State Tran Duc
Luong and President of National Assembly Nguyen Van An had formally
appealed to resign at National Assembly Saturday morning.?
National Assembly will vote Saturday afternoon to decide whether
to accept the resignations or not, and to elect new leaders of the
country.
Nong Duc Manh, Secretary General of Vietnamese Communist Party
(VCP), had praised highly the achievement which Khai, Luong and
Anhad acquired, noting that the three leaders had the wish to
resign which had been confirmed by the central committee of
VCP.
There was a dispute earlier within the National Assembly on
whether to stop the terms of the three leaders ahead of time, so
the NA determined to vote for settling down the issue
?
(Xinhua News Agency June 24, 2006)
