COVID-19 prevention crucial to success of elections

COVID-19 prevention and control work has enjoyed due attention in all localities to ensure the success of the elections of the deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure, according to Bui Van Cuong, NA Secretary General, Chairman of the NA Office and Chief of the National Election Council Office.
Bầu cử đại biểu Quốc hội và HĐND các cấp: Không vì tiến độ thời gian mà lơ là công tác chống dịch Covid-19
Cuong said on May 23 that the elections have been held in accordance with the set plan.

Cuong said on May 23 that the elections have been held in accordance with the set plan.

Several localities claimed high turnout such as Dien Bien province with 85 percent, Quang Ninh 84 percent, and Da Nang over 50 percent.

Nearly 69.2 million voters across Vietnam are eligible to go to the polls on May 23 to elect 500 deputies to the 15th NA, and nearly 4,000 to provincial-level, almost 23,000 to district-level, and over 240,000 to communal-level People’s Councils.

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(Source: VNA)