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Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang dies after 'serious illness'

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    Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, one of three top leaders in the Southeast Asian country, has died at age 61, according to state media, which says he suffered from a "serious illness."

    Quang was sworn in as president in 2016 and served in the largely ceremonial post alongside Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and secretary-general of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, who experts believe wields the bulk of the power in the country's leadership triumvirate.

    Quang died in a military hospital in Hanoi from a "serious illness despite efforts by domestic and international doctors and professors," according to Vietnam Television.

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