This morning (May 23), many special voters, including the elderly and people with disabilities, in Hanoi went to the polls to exercise their citizenship.

The elections have gone as planned in all cities and provinces so far, thanks to well-organised and convenient setup, member of the National Election Council and Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh told reporters on May 23.

Voting began at 7am May 23 across around 80,000 voting units nationwide in the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Council at all levels in the 2021-2026 tenure.

PM Chinh and other candidates running for seats in the 15th National Assembly met voters in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho’s constituency No. 1 on May 8.

Economic recovery and stimulation measures during the ongoing pandemic, along with corruption in the Party ranks and efforts to streamline the State apparatus are among the main concerns of voters, according to the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

Many voters nationwide have showed their approval of the National Assembly (NA)’s debate on May 30, while also highlighting issues they hope will be raised for further discussion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The found himself in the firing line Monday as he opened the Q&A session at the National Assembly.

 Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on Sunday by winning the first round of voting and qualifying for a May 7 runoff alongside far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

 Donald Trump has fallen further behind Hillary Clinton and now trails her by 8 points among likely voters,

National Assembly (NA) candidates on May 13 ended their first week meeting with voters to listen to what the residents hope their representatives in the government can do in the next NA.

 Voters in the nation's commercial hub told President Truong Tan Sang yesterday that they wanted tougher moves against corruption and better support for workers.

 Voters in this northern port city have asked the Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, and National Assembly deputies, to take more resolute measures to get China to withdraw its oil rig from Vietnamese waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has decided that there will be only two options - confidence and low confidence - in votes of confidence on those officials elected or approved by the NA or people’s councils.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Voters and people nationwide are expressing their concurrence with the high responsibility and determination of the Party, National Assembly and Government in implementing socio-economic development plans

Assessing the results of the year-end NA session in October, several members of the NA Standing Committee said that the question and answer session for PM Nguyen Tan Dung was too short and constituents wanted to listen more from him.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Many voters expressed their distress about the golf course to be built in Tan Son Nhat Airport and protested the plan to construct Long Thanh Airport in a meeting with National Assembly (NA) deputies in HCMC last week.

Vietnamese people look forward to the National Assembly and the Government to promote inspection, investigation, prosecution and trial of big corruption cases, according to the report on voter opinions.

After three weeks of meeting with voters before the 5th session of the National Assembly, which opens today, May 20, the NA delegation of HCM City has acquired hundreds of comments across all sectors.