The Standing Boards of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees of provinces and cities nationwide held their third consultation conferences on April 16 to finalise lists of candidates for the election as deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and members of all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure.
At the third consultation conference held by the Standing Boards of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee's chapter in Lao Cai (Photo: VNA) The Standing Boards of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees of
provinces and cities nationwide held their third consultation conferences on
April 16 to finalise lists of candidates for the election as deputies to the
15th National Assembly (NA) and members of all-level People’s Councils for the
2021-2026 tenure.
The northern
mountainous province of Lao Cai concluded a list of eight candidates, of whom
25 percent are female and 37.5 percent are ethnic minority people, for election
as deputies to the 15th legislature.
Ninety-two candidates
have been selected for election as members of the provincial People’s Council
for the 2021-2026 tenure, with the number of female, ethnic minority,
non-Party, and re-elected candidates accounting for 41.3, 53.26, 15.22, and
23.9 percent of the total, respectively.
Northern Son La
province, meanwhile, agreed on a list of ten candidates for election as deputies
to the 15th NA and 110 candidates for election as members of the provincial
People’s Council.
The figures for northern
Bac Ninh province, central Quang Ngai province, and the Mekong Delta’s Dong
Thap province are 10 and 97, 10 and 87, and 10 (excluding those introduced by
central agencies) and 97.
In the northern
province of Ninh Binh, a total of 85 candidates have been selected for the
elections./.