{"id":15856,"date":"2018-09-21T09:29:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T09:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=15856"},"modified":"2018-09-21T09:29:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T09:29:20","slug":"vietnam-president-tran-dai-quang-dies-after-serious-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=15856","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang dies after ‘serious illness’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang has died aged 61 after prolonged serious illness, according to state media.<\/p>\n

Quang died in a military hospital in Hanoi on Friday from a “serious illness despite efforts by domestic and international doctors and professors”, Vietnam Television reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quang, one of the country’s top three leaders but with mostly ceremonial duties,\u00a0hosted President Donald Trump<\/a> during his first state visit to the communist country last year.<\/p>\n

He had appeared thin and pale in public and was unstable on his feet last week when he hosted a welcoming ceremony for Indonesian President Joko Widodo<\/a> in Hanoi.<\/p>\n

Quang’s last public appearance was at a Politburo meeting of the ruling Communist Party and a reception for a Chinese delegation on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Tough leader<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Originally from a small farming community 115 km south of Hanoi, Quang rose through party ranks to become a police general and member of Vietnam’s powerful decision-making Politburo.<\/p>\n

Quang was elected president in April 2016 with a reputation of being a tough leader with little tolerance for dissent.<\/p>\n

He often appeared uncomfortable in the public eye and lacked the charisma of some of his peers in the upper echelons of the party.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the AFP news agency in 2016 before a visit by the former French leader Francois Hollande, Quang read from a prepared statement and was quickly escorted from the room by staff when a question went off-script.<\/p>\n

“We are saddened to hear the news that the president has died,” said Bui Duc Phi, chairman of the village in which Quang was born.<\/p>\n

Vietnam<\/a> has no paramount ruler and is officially led by the president, prime minister and Communist Party chief.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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