Vietnam’s general elections have grabbed attention of global and regional media outlets which highlighted the event’s importance to the country, the special circumstances of the elections and the role of the new legislature to the national development.

VOV.VN - Several electoral units recorded voter turnout of 100%, with the elections transpiring as planned in all localities, according to Nguyen Khac Dinh, vice chairman of the National Assembly (NA) and member of the National Election Council (NEC).

VOV.VN - Many senior leaders alongside more than 69 million voters across the nation on May 23 morning began to cast their votes to choose suitable members to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all-levels for the 2021-2026 term.

Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo has affirmed the political significance of the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure, scheduled for May 23, in an interview granted recently to the Vietnam News Agency.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has written an article titled “Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam,” on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh’s 131st birthday (May 19) and general election (May 23).

Candidates running for seats in the 15th National Assembly (NA) of Hanoi's constituency No. 1, including Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, on May 8 held a meeting with local voters in Ba Dinh, Dong Da and Hai Ba Trung districts in both in-person and online forms.

VOV.VN - Phone talks conducted between Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on May 6 were mentioned by Cuban media outlets on May 6.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches great importance to and wishes to further deepen the special friendship and cooperative relations between the two Parties and States of Vietnam and Cuba.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong lauded efforts and achievements made by the banking sector during the national cause of economic development as he delivered a speech at a ceremony marking the sector’s 70th founding anniversary (May 6).

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung on April 26 chaired a teleconference to inform the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) on the outcomes of the 13th National Party Congress.