To Lam delivers a speech at the first session of the 16th National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 6, 2026. To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, was elected Vietnam's state president at the first session of the 16th National Assembly, the country's top legislature, on Tuesday. (VNA via Xinhua)

HANOI, April 7 (Xinhua) -- To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, was elected Vietnam's state president at the first session of the 16th National Assembly, the country's top legislature, on Tuesday. ■

A delegate casts his vote to elect state president of Vietnam during the first session of the 16th National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 7, 2026. To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, was elected Vietnam's state president at the first session of the 16th National Assembly, the country's top legislature, on Tuesday. (VNA via Xinhua)

To Lam takes the oath of office as Vietnam's state president in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 7, 2026. To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, was elected Vietnam's state president at the first session of the 16th National Assembly, the country's top legislature, on Tuesday. (VNA via Xinhua)

To Lam takes the oath of office as Vietnam's state president in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 7, 2026. To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, was elected Vietnam's state president at the first session of the 16th National Assembly, the country's top legislature, on Tuesday. (VNA via Xinhua)

A delegate casts her vote to elect state president of Vietnam during the first session of the 16th National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 7, 2026. To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, was elected Vietnam's state president at the first session of the 16th National Assembly, the country's top legislature, on Tuesday. (VNA via Xinhua)