Vietnamese President Vo Van Thung resigned after one year of taking power. The country’s ruling Communist Party confirmed his resignation in a statement on Wednesday (March 20). The British media reported the news.
The party said in a statement that Van Thung broke party rules and negatively affected the party’s reputation.
But Van Thung is believed to have been forced to resign after being implicated in a corruption scandal in his home province.
Earlier, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc was forced to resign due to corruption last year. Van Thung was appointed as the president last year in his place.
The National Assembly will meet on Thursday to approve Van Thung’s formal resignation.
In Vietnam, a country of one-party rule, the position of president is only official. It is one of the top four positions in the country. The party’s central committee, the Central Party Committee, takes the final decisions regarding party and governance.
Corruption has been identified as a major problem among the party’s core leadership. As a result, the country has recently launched a massive anti-bribery campaign. However, in just one year, two presidents were forced to resign due to corruption. It is believed that this has made it difficult for the Communist Party to deal with corruption.
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