Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, state media said on Tuesday, after days of rumours he was about to be sacked as part of a major anti-corruption drive that has seen several ministers fired.
Phuc has “submitted his resignation from his assigned positions, quit his job, and retired”, the state news agency VNA said.
Two deputy prime ministers were sacked this month in an anti-corruption purge that has led to the arrest of dozens of officials, with many of the graft allegations relating to deals done as part of Vietnam’s Covid pandemic response. Minh was a minister of foreign affairs while Dam was in charge of the country’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But travellers faced complicated procedures while paying exorbitant airfares 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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