In this file photo taken on October 21, 2022 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (L) walks with Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc during a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. - Vietnam's president Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, state media said on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. - AFP
HANOI, Jan 17 (dpa): Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has stepped down and vacated his position within the Politburo of the ruling Vietnamese Communist Party, the government said in a statement on Tuesday following an emergency meeting.
Phuc’s ouster as president and removal from the Politburo, the most powerful decision-making body of the Vietnamese Communist Party, is a highly unusual development that comes amid a broader corruption crackdown.
