Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after a little more than a year in the job, according to a statement released by the Communist Party.
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His resignation takes place amid an intense anti-corruption campaign that has hit the highest echelons of the party.
The party's Central Committee approved his resignation, saying in a statement on Wednesday that Thuong had violated party rules, which had "left a bad mark on the reputation of the Communist party".
Thuong, 54, became president in March 2023, two months after his predecessor Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigned to take "political responsibility" for corruption scandals during the pandemic.
He was the youngest president since modern day Vietnam emerged from war in the mid-1970s.
The position of president in Vietnam is largely ceremonial and ranks third in the country's political hierarchy.
Australian Associated Press
