Political upheaval in Vietnam - Politburo member now resigns over party rule violations


Truong Thi Mai. - Bloomberg

HANOI (Bloomberg): Vietnam’s Communist Party approved the resignation of Politburo member Truong Thi Mai, making her the sixth official of the elite body to step down since 2022 amid expanding corruption probes.

The Communist Party’s Central Committee announced Mai’s resignation for violating rules governing the behavior of party members and hurting the reputation of the party, according to a statement posted on the government’s website Thursday. She headed the committee’s personnel commission and was a member of the party’s secretariat.

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