Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrives at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Meeting in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Nov. 19, 2022. AP FILE PHOTO
Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrives at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Meeting in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Nov. 19, 2022. AP FILE PHOTO
Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrives at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Meeting in Thailand's capital Bangkok on Nov. 19, 2022. AP FILE PHOTO

HANOI: Vietnam's rubber-stamp National Assembly on Wednesday approved the resignation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, a day after he dramatically stepped down as part of an anticorruption drive.

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