Vietnam's legislature approves the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong
Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong speaks during a joint press conference with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo.has approved the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, state media reported today, the latest top official to step down amid an intensified anti-graft crackdown by the ruling Communist Party.
The state media reports made no mention of who would replace Thuong. According to Vietnam’s constitution, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan would serve in the position. The president holds a largely ceremonial role but is one of the top four political positions in the Southeast Asian nation. The committee said Thuong, 53, violated party rules, adding that those “shortcomings had negatively impacted public opinion, affecting the reputation of the Party, State and him personally”, without specifying what he had done wrong.
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