Vietnam Communist Party re-elects Trong as consensus rule prevails

By Martin Petty HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Communist Party re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong to its top post on Wednesday, an expected outcome that bolsters consensus rule but creates some uncertainty about the momentum of economic reform. Trong, 71, is seen by experts as a conservative apparatchik and a party loyalist unlikely to deviate from the party's economic and foreign policy agenda, at a time when China and the United States are vying aggressively for influence. The five-yearly congress, norm