{Top Three} Vietnamese leaders resign posts (BBC)

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Vietnam's top three leaders have resigned, saying they want to make way for younger politicians.

The National Assembly in Hanoi approved the resignations of President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, and Assembly Speaker Nguyen Van An.

They are in their seventies or late sixties, and failed to win re-election to the Communist Party Politburo.

PM Khai, 72, is best known for driving through market reforms that transformed the Vietnamese economy in the 1990s.

The resignations were announced on Saturday by the General Secretary of the Communist Party, Nong Duc Manh.
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Their successors will be appointed; obviously less than a perfect democracy there. Since we have less than a perfect democracy here, maybe our top three leaders could follow suit?