Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc announces his resignation

• Vietnam, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has announced his resignation amid the ongoing anti-corruption drive.
• Earlier, two deputy prime ministers who served under President Phuc had quit.
• Phuc, a former prime minister, held the post of president since 2021. 
• The 69-year-old had served as prime minister of Vietnam from 2016 until April 2021, when he was elected president.
• Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan will serve as acting president until a new president is named, likely at the next meeting of the National Assembly in May. 
• Xuan is the secretary of the Secretary of the An Giang Provincial Party Committee and was elected to the CPV’s Central Committee in 2016.

About Vietnam:

1. Capital: Hanoi
2. Vietnam Currency: Vietnamese Dong