Vietnam Communist Party Names Police minister as State President

VIETNAM - HANOI, May 18 (Reuters) - Vietnam's Communist Party has named police minister To Lam as the state president, the government said on Saturday, and also nominated a new head of the parliament in a major leadership reshuffle.

Unprecedentedly for a one-party nation once known for its stable politics, two state presidents and a parliament speaker have stepped down in less than 18 months, all for unspecified "wrongdoing" amid a major anti-graft campaign which is unnerving foreign investors because of its chilling effect on bureaucracy.