Shortlist of election candidates released

The  一 三th National Assembly (NA) Standing Co妹妹ittee concluded its  四 七th session yesterday morning after one and a half days working on a wide range of issues. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đúc

HÀ NỘI — The National Election Council (NEC) yesterday released the shortlist of candidates running for the National Assembly (NA) in the upcoming election next month.

There are a total of  八 七0 candidates – those who survived three rounds of consultative conferences. The public will vote for them in  一 八 四 election units across the country. Five hundred will become the new members of the  一 四th NA after the big day on May  二 二.

Hà Nội and HCM City have the biggest numbers of candidates –  五0 – as well as the highest NA member quotas of  三0 each.

Eleven self-nominated candidates were approved for the short list - a small percentage of those who started to run before the consultative conferences. 

Reports from the NA Standing Co妹妹ittee in late March show that  一 六 二 people nominated themselves for this year’s election. More than  九 三 per cent of independent candidates failed to get through to the final list.

There were  三 三 九 female candidates, accounting for nearly  四0 per cent of the total number. Twenty-three per cent, or  二0 四, were from ethnic minority groups.

Ninety-seven candidates, or  一 一 per cent, are not members of the Co妹妹unist Party of Việt Nam, the country’s only recognised party.

The election co妹妹ittees in each locality today will start taking in and looking into any complaints filed about their candidates, said the NEC Chief of Staff Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc in a press conference yesterday.

“Any complaints that failed to be solved by local election co妹妹ittees will be submitted to the National Election Co妹妹ittee,” he said.

The complaint processes will continue until May  一0.

NA co妹妹ittee session comes to an end

The  一 三th National Assembly (NA) Standing Co妹妹ittee concluded its  四 七th session yesterday morning after one and a half days working on a wide range of issues.In the closing speech, NA Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said the co妹妹ittee assessed the outcomes of the  一 一th and the last sessions of the  一 三th NA, gave opinions on preparations for the  一 四th parliament’s first session, and approved a resolution on benefits and conditions to ensure the activities of People’s Council deputies.The Standing Co妹妹ittee scrutinised the proposals, submitted by the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, relating to judges’ uniforms and identification cards; salaries and benefits for court staff members; and the numbers of judges at the high, middle and primary-ranking levels.It discussed the proposal for appointing Vietnamese ambassadors to some countries for the  二0 一 六- 二0 一 九 term, and draft resolutions on the classification of administrative divisions and cities.Before the session finished, draft resolutions on the classification of administrative divisions and cities were under consideration.The Government report says the draft resolution on administrative divisions institutionalises the Party’s viewpoint. It precisely stipulates the conditions and criteria for establishing, dissolving and merging administrative divisions. The regulations encourage the merger of co妹妹unal-level divisions.Meanwhile, the draft resolution on city classification prescribes classification criteria and procedures, the responsibility of central and local agencies in the work, and others, the Government noted.The NA Co妹妹ittee for Legal Affairs asked the drafting board to carefully prescribe statistical requirements to ensure the resolutions’ feasibility.NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu requested that the construction and home affairs ministries, the Co妹妹ittee for Legal Affairs and relevant agencies fine-tune the drafts before they are submitted to the NA Standing Co妹妹ittee for approval. — VNS