Vietnamese President resigns amid anti-graft campaign
The Peninsula
Hanoi: Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigned after a little over a year in the position, the Communist Party said yesterday, making him the late...
Hanoi: Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigned after a little over a year in the position, the Communist Party said yesterday, making him the latest senior official to leave office after likely being implicated in an intense anti-corruption campaign.
The party said it had accepted his resignation, writing in a statement that “violations by Vo Van Thuong have left a bad mark on the reputation of the Communist party.”
Thuong is the second president to resign in two years, something analysts called a worrying sign for political stability in a country that plays a key role in the middle of US-China competition and a growing one in global manufacturing.
His resignation came after weeks of rumors suggesting that he would be removed from office, and on the eve of a special session of Vietnam’s parliament dedicated to “personnel matters.”
Days earlier, Vietnamese police said they arrested the former head of Central Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province for corruption. He was previously supervised by Thuong as the provincial party chief.
