Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. (Photo: VNA)

NA deputies then discussed the proposal in groups. The NA Standing Committee will report the outcome to the legislature on Friday. The NA will then vote on the relief of Mr. Phuc from the position.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc was elected as Prime Minister for the 2016-2021 tenure at the first session of the 14th National Assembly.

Mr, Phuc, born on July 20, 1954, was a member of the Politburo in the 11th, 12th and 13th tenures, a member of the Party Central Committee in the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th tenures, and a deputy to the National Assembly in the 11th, 13th and 14th tenures.