To Lam has been Public Security Minister since 2016 and has taken a hard line with human rights movements in the country.
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party has nominated the Public Security Minister to be the next president, state media reported, months after his predecessor resigned as part of an anti-corruption crackdown.
On Saturday, the party's central committee elected To Lam, 66, the Vietnam News Agency reported.
Lam has been Public Security Minister since 2016 and has taken a hard line with human rights movements in the country.
In March, President Vo Van Thuong resigned after just over a year in office due to “violations” and “deficiencies,” the party said.
Thuong was the second president to resign in two years amid an anti-corruption crackdown that has seen the dismissal of several senior politicians and top business leaders on trial for fraud and corruption.
When he took office, Thuong said he was “determined to fight corruption” and was believed to be close to the party's general secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong, considered the most powerful figure in the country.
Thousands of people, including senior officials and senior business leaders, have been caught up in the country's “burning furnace” campaign against corruption, which has touched the highest levels of Vietnamese politics and is led by Trong.
'Violations and deficiencies'
Tran Thanh Man, 61, was also nominated as the new head of Vietnam's National Assembly, state media said, becoming one of Vietnam's four most powerful leaders.
Man succeeds Vuong Dinh Hue, who asked to resign last month due to “violations and deficiencies.”
The nominations have been accepted by the party's central committee, but will be officially voted on by the National Assembly, which will meet next week.
All senior leaders “must be truly united, truly exemplary, unconditional and dedicated to the common cause,” the central committee said.
In April, a Vietnam court sentenced a real estate tycoon to death for his role in a $12.5 billion financial fraud case, the largest on record in the country.
Truong My Lan, chairman of major property developer Van Thinh Phat, was found guilty of embezzlement, bribery and violations of banking rules at the end of a trial in Ho Chi Minh City.
Lan's arrest in October 2022 was one of the most notable in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign that began in 2016 and has accelerated since 2022.
