Standing NA Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man votes in Can Tho city
Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man and constituents in Tan An ward of Ninh Kieu district, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, cast votes to select deputies to the 15th NA and all-level People’s Councils for 2021-2026 on May 23 morning.
Standing NA Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man cast his vote in Can Tho city on May 23 morning (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) –Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man andconstituents in Tan An ward of Ninh Kieu district, the Mekong Delta city of CanTho, cast votes to select deputies to the 15th NA and all-levelPeople’s Councils for 2021-2026 on May 23 morning.
Man, who is also a Politburomember, was the first to cast ballots at Polling Station No 13.
At this polling station,constituents can come to vote from 6am to 7pm, deputy head of Voting Group No13 Dinh Van Thu said, adding that measures have also been applied to preventCOVID-19 transmission.
Earlyvoting was held at some military units in Can Tho on May 20.
Nearly69.2 million voters nationwide will select 500 deputies to the 15th NA, nearly4,000 to provincial-level People’s Councils, almost 23,000 to district-levelPeople’s Councils, and over 240,000 to communal-level People’s Councils./.
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.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong came to Polling Station No 4 of Nguyen Du ward, Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung district, on May 23 morning to cast his vote in the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 term.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ceremony to start the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels in the 2021-2026 tenure and cast his vote at the voting unit No 18 in the southern city of Can Tho on May 23 morning.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his wife joined others voters in Cu Chi town of Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City, in casting ballots on May 23 morning to select deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for 2021-2026.
Party, State and Government officials, both incumbent and former, headed to the polls in Hanoi on May 23 morning, along with voters across the country, to cast their votes to select deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Council at all levels in 2021-2026 tenure.
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Standing NA Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man cast his vote in Can Tho city on May 23 morning (Photo: VNA) 
