Vietnam lawmakers to hold rare extraordinary meeting

Vietnam’s legislature is expected to hold a rare extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, according to three sources, following a similar gathering earlier this month when two deputy prime ministers were dismissed.
The meeting of the National Assembly would come as the communist country pursues a “blazing furnace” anti-corruption crackdown that has already led to the arrest of a health minister and investigations into hundreds of senior officials.
Three sources familiar with government and parliament affairs, who declined to be identified due to the political sensitivity of the matter, said the legislature may ratify resignations of more high-ranking officials this week.