Vietnam President Resigns Amid Anti-Corruption Campaign, Second Leader to Step Down in Two Years
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Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after over a year in office due to "violations" and "shortcomings" according to the governing Communist Party.
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This is the second president to resign in two years amid an anti-corruption campaign in Vietnam that has seen several politicians and business leaders face consequences.
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The party statement did not specify Thuong's "shortcomings" but they are likely related to the anti-bribery "blazing furnace" campaign.
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Thuong was formerly party chief in Quang Ngai province, where the recently arrested former head is being investigated for decade-old corruption.
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Last year, former president Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigned over "violations and wrongdoing" by officials he oversaw; Thuong had replaced him.