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Vietnam political star’s downfall shocks nation as graft purge widens: ‘who will be next president?’
Vo Van Thuong quit over than a year into the presidency after seemingly falling to a sweeping ‘blazing furnace’ anti-corruption campaign
The sudden resignation comes as Vietnam, one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing major economies, prepares to set its new leadership in 2026
Vietnam
The apparent purge of Vo Van Thuong, a rising political star and the second Vietnamese president to resign in quick succession, has sent shock waves across a public unused to seeing disorder at the top of a Communist Party which projects its strength as discipline and continuity.
On Thursday, the Vietnamese parliament formally accepted Thuong’s resignation, over a year into the largely-ceremonial job.