Posted 1/11/2024, 1:45:53 PM
Vietnam's Top Communist Leader Nguyen Phu Trong, 79, Sparks Health Concerns After Missing Meetings With Foreign Leaders
- Nguyen Phu Trong, 79, Vietnam's top Communist Party leader, is expected to miss meetings with foreign leaders amid health concerns
- Trong, the most powerful leader in Vietnam's one-party system, regularly meets visiting dignitaries
- He is not scheduled to meet Indonesia's President Joko Widodo or see Laos' Prime Minister recently
- Trong has not been seen in public since Dec 26 when he met the head of the Japanese Communist Party
- Vietnam's foreign ministry did not comment about Trong's health