The moves come amid an escalating anti-corruption campaign.
Ms Thuong Thi Mai, 66, was accused by the party of "violations and shortcomings" committed when she held another leadership position between 2016 and 2021.
The moves come amid an escalating anti-corruption campaign which has raised questions about political infighting in the investment-reliant country, once seen as a beacon of stability. With her departure, only two of the top five leaders are still in their jobs, including ageing party chief Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.just over a year after he was appointed to replace another dismissed president in an unprecedented series of high-profile resignations.
It also said it would propose to the national assembly new candidates for House Speaker and president, without naming them.The new members of the politburo include Mr Nguyen Trong Nghia, 62, who heads a 10,000-strong cyber-security unit and is the party’s propaganda chief, and former central bank governor Le Minh Hung, 53.
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