Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ‘submitted resignation from assigned positions, quit job and retired’, say reports
The sudden departure of Vietnam’s president, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, is a highly unusual move in the communist country.The sudden departure of Vietnam’s president, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, is a highly unusual move in the communist country.Vietnam’s president has resigned after days of rumours he was about to be sacked as part of an anti-corruption drive that has led to several ministers being fired, according to state media reports.
State media said the Communist party had ruled he was responsible for wrongdoing by senior ministers under him during his 2016-21 stint as prime minister, before he became president. The country’s national assembly removed Pham Binh Minh and Vu Duc Dam from their positions as deputy prime ministers this month.handling of the pandemicAt least 100 officials and businesspeople, including Dam’s assistant, have been arrested in connection with a scandal involving the distribution of Covid testing kits.
But travellers faced complicated procedures while paying exorbitant air fares and quarantine fees to get back to Vietnam. Le Hong Hiep, a fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, said Phuc’s resignation may also be linked to political infighting.
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