NA Standing Committee adopts two resolutions
NA Standing Committee adopts two resolutions

The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee adopted two resolutions on standards and classification of administrative units and classification of urban areas at its one-day 48th session on May 25.

NA Standing Committee adopts two resolutions
More than 65.5 million voters go to polls, says NEC
More than 65.5 million voters go to polls, says NEC

The National Election Council (NEC)’s Office reported more than 65.5 million voters nationwide or 98.77% of the electorate went to the polls by 22:20 on May 22 to elect deputies to the 14th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021.

More than 65.5 million voters go to polls, says NEC
General Election – people’s festival
General Election – people’s festival

The election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for the 2016-2021 tenure on May 22 is truly a festival, enthusiastically joined by the entire people.

General Election – people’s festival
NA election: over 51.5 million voters cast ballots
NA election: over 51.5 million voters cast ballots

Up to 51,593,536 voters, or 80.51%, went to the polls to elect deputies to the 14th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for the 2016-2021 tenure by 3:30pm of May 22 – the national election day. 

NA election: over 51.5 million voters cast ballots
International press highlight Vietnam’s general election
International press highlight Vietnam’s general election

Major news agencies around the world on May 22 covered the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2021, saying this important political event reflects Vietnam’s democracy.

International press highlight Vietnam’s general election
National Assembly election begins nationwide
National Assembly election begins nationwide

As many as 91,476 constituencies nationwide hosted a flag salute ceremony at 7am on May 22 to open the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2016-2021 tenure.

National Assembly election begins nationwide
Election candidates and action plans
Election candidates and action plans

VOV.VN - The candidates elected to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils for the 2016-2021 term are expected to best represent the people’s needs and aspirations at the highest state agencies at the central and local level. 

Election candidates and action plans
Election day and democracy in Vietnam
Election day and democracy in Vietnam

VOV.VN - By voting Vietnamese people citizens exercised their democratic right and fulfilled their political responsibility to the nation. 

Election day and democracy in Vietnam
Citizens practice their rights and obligations
Citizens practice their rights and obligations

VOV.VN - On May 22, More than 69 million eligible Vietnamese voters went to the polls to choose deputies to the 14th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for the 2016-2021 term.

Citizens practice their rights and obligations
New Chief of Vietnam People’s Army General Staff appointed
New Chief of Vietnam People’s Army General Staff appointed

Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Party Central Committee member and Deputy Defence Minister, has been appointed as Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army. 

New Chief of Vietnam People’s Army General Staff appointed
President attends Buddha’s birthday celebration
President attends Buddha’s birthday celebration

VOV.VN- On May 20, President Tran Dai Quang attended a ceremony commemorating Buddha’s 2560th birthday, towards the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) at the Vietnam Buddhism Institute in Quan Su pagoda. 

President attends Buddha’s birthday celebration
Early elections in border, island areas
Early elections in border, island areas

Constituents in border and island areas have cast their ballots for deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels in the 2016-2021 tenure.

Early elections in border, island areas
Citizens’ trust, responsibility shown in each ballot
Citizens’ trust, responsibility shown in each ballot

More than 69 million eligible Vietnamese voters are to choose deputies to the 14th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021 on May 22, a way to demonstrate their trust and responsibility towards the nation. 

Citizens’ trust, responsibility shown in each ballot
More mountainous localities complete early elections
More mountainous localities complete early elections

Voters in several mountainous communes of the central province of Quang Binh on May 20 went to the polls to elect deputies to the 14th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021, two days ahead of the nationwide election date. 

More mountainous localities complete early elections
Election work thoroughly prepared in remote, border localities
Election work thoroughly prepared in remote, border localities

Voters in the border district of Ngoc Hoi, the central Highlands of Kon Tum, are ready for the upcoming elections of the 14th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021, according to Pham Van Thanh, secretary of the district’s election committee. 

Election work thoroughly prepared in remote, border localities
Deputy PM asks absolute safety for May 22 elections
Deputy PM asks absolute safety for May 22 elections

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked for close collaboration between the traffic police force and relevant agencies to absolutely ensure safety for the upcoming 14th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils elections for 2016-2021.

Deputy PM asks absolute safety for May 22 elections
Island, mountainous localities hold early elections
Island, mountainous localities hold early elections

More than 300 officers and soldiers in Ly Son island district, the central province of Quang Ngai, on May 20 cast their ballots to elect deputies to the 14th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021, two days ahead of the official polling date. 

Island, mountainous localities hold early elections
Ha Giang border voters look toward NA election
Ha Giang border voters look toward NA election

Residents in Vi Xuyen border district of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang are anticipating the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2021 slated for May 22. 

Ha Giang border voters look toward NA election
Early NA voting in Quang Nam’s remote, border areas
Early NA voting in Quang Nam’s remote, border areas

Residents in remote and border areas of central Quang Nam province on May 19 cast votes to elect deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2021, three days ahead of the nationwide election date. 

Early NA voting in Quang Nam’s remote, border areas
Kien Giang: Voters in Tho Chau island commune go to the poll
Kien Giang: Voters in Tho Chau island commune go to the poll

Voters in Tho Chau island commune, Phu Quoc district in southern Kien Giang province, on May 19 casted their ballots to elect deputies for the 14th National Assembly and People's Council at all levels for the 2016-2021 term. 

Kien Giang: Voters in Tho Chau island commune go to the poll
North-western people’s high expectation for Election Day
North-western people’s high expectation for Election Day

VOV.VN - Red flags and multi-coloured slogans are placed along roads in the region, showing completed preparatory work for the General Election Day.

North-western people’s high expectation for Election Day
Party, State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh
Party, State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh

A delegation of the Party Central Committee, the President, the National Assembly, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee visited the Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi on May 19 in commemoration of the President’s 126th birthday (May 19, 1890-2016)

Party, State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh
Phu Tho: Catholics eagerly waiting for General Election Day
Phu Tho: Catholics eagerly waiting for General Election Day

Loudspeakers installed across Ha Loc commune in  Phu Tho province are operating at their maximum capacity to broadcast the significance of the upcoming elections to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels in the 2016-2021 tenure on May 22. 

Phu Tho: Catholics eagerly waiting for General Election Day
Arrangements for general election almost completed: official
Arrangements for general election almost completed: official

Preparations for the general election, slated for May 22, are almost completed nationwide, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Anh Tuan said. 

Arrangements for general election almost completed: official
List of new NA deputies to be available 20 days after election day
List of new NA deputies to be available 20 days after election day

The results of the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly (NA) will be announced within 20 days after election day (May 22), according to the National Election Council (NEC) Office. 

List of new NA deputies to be available 20 days after election day
Citizen reception improved ahead of election
Citizen reception improved ahead of election

VOV.VN - Hectic preparations for the elections of the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils are underway in citizen reception offices all over Vietnam. 

Citizen reception improved ahead of election
Ca Mau: election preparations in full swing
Ca Mau: election preparations in full swing

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has made thorough and comprehensive preparations for the election of deputies to the 14 th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021, according to inspection results on May 16.

Ca Mau: election preparations in full swing
Preparations for election under review
Preparations for election under review

VOV.VN -  National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman and head of the subcommittee for personnel and settlement of complaints and denunciations under the National Election Council  Phung Quoc Hien chaired a meeting in Hanoi on May 16. 

Preparations for election under review
Following Ho Chi Minh’s example helps push back degradations
Following Ho Chi Minh’s example helps push back degradations

Accelerating the study of President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morals and lifestyle is a crucial content of Party building and reinforcement, said Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat. 

Following Ho Chi Minh’s example helps push back degradations
National steering committee for hunger-alleviation plan established
National steering committee for hunger-alleviation plan established

The Prime Minister has decided to launch a national steering committee to implement an action plan to tackle hunger in Vietnam between 2016 and 2025. 

National steering committee for hunger-alleviation plan established