(VOV) - On the morning of January 6, 1946, Vietnamese people across the country, for the first time in their life, dressed up and went to polling stations to vote for people’s representatives and exercise their right to democracy.

Preparations for the 12th National Party Congress have been basically completed to date, said Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh.

National Assembly deputies from previous terms have left a tremendous example for future tenures to follow, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said at a meeting with more than 100 former NA deputies in Hanoi on January 5. 

Southerners who experienced the first general election in Vietnam seven decades ago still have vivid memories of the historic event, which took place amid the enemy’s fierce sabotage in the south. 

The Political Bureau has requested Party Committees and organisations to make thorough preparations for the upcoming elections of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2016-2021 tenure.

(VOV) -A meeting of Hanoi National Assembly deputies was held on January 4 on the occasion of 70th anniversary of the first General Election of Vietnamese National Assembly.

(VOV) -A meeting of Hanoi National Assembly deputies was held on January 3 on the occasion of 70th anniversary of the first General Election of Vietnamese National Assembly.

President Truong Tan Sang visited several hi-tech agricultural farms in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on January 1. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has urged the Ministry of Public Security’s Mobile Police High Command to ensure absolute safety for the country’s major events, including the upcoming 12th National Party Congress, the elections of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2020. 

(VOV) -  Celebrations to Vietnam’s 70th National Day and 40th Reunification Day, Party congresses at all levels, organisation of the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union’s General Assembly and signing FTAs are major domestic events in 2015.