Vietnamese president Xuan Phuc resigns amid severe criticism for major scandals
World | January 17, 2023 19:53 ISTPhuc, 68, began serving in government at the provincial level in 1979 and took his first position in the national government in 2006. He joined the Politburo, the highest-ranking party body, in 2011, and was prime minister from 2016 to 2021, when he was elected president by the National Assembly.