Why has the president of Vietnam resigned after only one year? | Policy

Vietnam's president resigned after just one year in office.

Vo Van Thuong is the latest high-profile figure to resign amid a crackdown on corruption in a country important to both China and the West.

So why is he gone?

And what are the international implications?

Presenter: Rob Matheson

Guests:

Hai Hong Nguyen – Senior Lecturer at VinUniversity of Hanoi

Carlyle Thayer – Professor Emeritus, University of New South Wales – Canberra

Nguyen Khac Giang – Visiting Fellow of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, a think tank in Singapore