Millions in Vietnam plans to vote for a new legislature in general election

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Vietnam Elects New Parliament, Paves Way for Next Leadership Vietnamese elect members of parliament from a list of candidates almost exclusively fielded by the governing party. Voters in Vietnam are casting their ballots for members of the National Assembly, the country’s top legislative body, which serves mainly to ratify decisions by the governing Communist Party. Nearly 93 percent of the 864 parliamentary candidates in Sunday’s election are Communist Party members, while 7.5 percent are independents, according to the national election council, down from 8.5 percent in 2021.