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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Lawmakers overwhelmingly re-elected Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday, in hopes that Vietnam's strong growth and economic reforms would continue under his leadership.
Dung, the only candidate, received nearly 97 percent of the votes from the 493 newly elected legislators, said Vu Duc Manh, director of the National Assembly's Information Center.
In June 2006, the 57-year-old reformer became Vietnam's youngest prime minister since the country's reunification at the end of the Vietnam War. He had long been groomed for the job and has a record of fostering economic growth in recent years.
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