HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The head of Vietnam's parliament has resigned, according to state media, making him the latest senior member of government to leave office amid an ongoing anti-corruption campaign that's shaken the country's political and business elites.
HANOI, Vietnam — The head of Vietnam's parliament has resigned, according to state media, making him the latest senior member of government to leave office amid an ongoing anti-corruption campaign that's shaken the country's political and business elites.
"It also highlights the extreme uncertainty in a political environment that's often boasted of its stability, as three top leaders have been axed in just a year," said Nguyen Khac Giang, an analyst at Singapore's ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. Hue, 67, had been the chair of Vietnam's national assembly for over three years. That made him the fourth most important politician in Vietnam, along with the President, the Prime Minister and the head of the Communist Party.
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