Party General Secretary and President To Lam, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, and Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, handed over promotion decisions to senior public security and military officers during a ceremony in Hanoi on October 20. Under the decisions, Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang and Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Tan Cuong have been promoted from the rank of Senior Lieutenant General to General. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Doan Anh has been promoted to Senior Lieutenant General. Source: Vietnam News Agency