15th National Assembly of Vietnam

The 15th National Assembly of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Quốc hội Việt Nam khóa XV, lit.'National Assembly of Vietnam XV'; less formally the 15th National Assembly - Vietnamese: Quốc hội khóa XV, lit.'National Assembly XV') is a parliamentary cycle that commenced in July 2021 following the legislative elections on 23 May 2021. The National Assembly has 499 members, formally confirmed at the 8th meeting of the National Election Council on 12 July 2021.[1]

15th National Assembly of Vietnam
14th National Assembly
Overview
JurisdictionVietnam
Meeting placeNational Assembly House, Hanoi
Term20 July 2021 –
Election2021 Vietnamese legislative election
GovernmentPham Minh Chinh's Government
Websitewww.quochoi.vn
National Assembly
Members499

  Communist Party (485 - 97,19%)

  Independents (14 - 2,81%)
ChairmanVương Đình Huệ
First Deputy ChairmanTrần Thanh Mẫn
Deputy ChairmenNguyễn Khắc Định
Nguyễn Đức Hải
Trần Quang Phương
Secretary-GeneralBùi Văn Cường
Sessions
1st20 July 2021 – 28 July 2021

The 15th National Assembly first convened on 20 July 2021 to re-elect Vương Đình Huệ as its Chairman, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc as President of Vietnam and Phạm Minh Chính as Prime Minister of Vietnam.

Election

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Legislative elections were held on 23 May 2021 to elect members of the National Assembly and deputies of provincial, district and communical councils. About 69,243,604 people went to vote in 63 provinces and municipalities throughout the country. There were 868 candidates contested in 184 multi-member constituencies nationwide, with a maximum of 500 candidates elected.[2]

On 10 June 2021, the National Election Council refused to affirm the membership of Trần Văn Nam, CPV Secretary of Bình Dương Province following investigations in his corruption. His seat in Bình Dương Province was removed.

At the end 499 candidates were announced elected. The Communist party won 485 seats with the rest going to independent candidates.

Leadership

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Composition

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Party Seats %
Communist Party of Vietnam 485 97.19
Independents 14 2.81

Sessions

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Although scheduled to take place between 20 July and 5 August 2021, the first meeting session was shortened due to severe COVID-19 outbreaks in the country.

During the nine days of meetings, the lawmakers elected leaders of the National Assembly, State and Government leaders, the Chief Justice and Prosecutore General and heads of National Assembly committees.[3]

It also ratified 29 resolutions, including 17 resolutions on organisation and personnel, 11 thematic resolutions, and one general resolution on the first session.

The first session wrapped up on 28 July with calls to the state and governments of all levels for COVID-19 prevention.

Results

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Election of National Assembly leaders
Election of Chairman of National Assembly Election of Deputy Chairmen of National Assembly
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Vương Đình Huệ 475 0 0 Trần Thanh Mẫn 483 0 0
Nguyễn Khắc Định 483 0 0
Nguyễn Đức Hải 483 0 0
Trần Quang Phương 483 0 0
Election of Members of NA Standing Committee
Candidate Candidate
Nguyễn Thúy Anh Lê Tấn Tới
Nguyễn Đắc Vinh Nguyễn Phú Cường
Lê Quang Huy Y Thanh Hà Niê Kđăm
Vũ Hải Hà Bùi Văn Cường
Lê Thị Nga Nguyễn Thị Thanh
Vũ Hồng Thanh Dương Thanh Bình
Hoàng Thanh Tùng
Election of Chairmen of NA councils and committees, Secretary-General and State Auditor-General
Election of Head of the Department of National Defence and Security Election of Head of the Council of Ethnic Groups
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Lê Tấn Tới 475 0 0 Y Thanh Hà Niê Kđăm 475 0 0
Election of Head of Legal Committee Election of Head of Committee of Social Affairs
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Hoàng Thanh Tùng 475 0 0 Nguyễn Thúy Anh 475 0 0
Election of Head of Cultural and Education Committee Election of Head of Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Affairs
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Nguyễn Đắc Vinh 475 0 0 Lê Quang Huy 475 0 0
Election of Committee for External Affairs Election of Head of Finance and Budget Committee
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Vũ Hải Hà 475 0 0 Nguyễn Phú Cường 475 0 0
Election of Head of Justice Committee Election of Head of Economy Committee
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Lê Thị Nga 475 0 0 Vũ Hồng Thanh 475 0 0
Election of the Secretary General of the National Assembly Election of the State Auditor-General
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Bùi Văn Cường 475 0 0 Trần Sỹ Thanh 471 0 1
Election of State leaders

The elections of the State President, Vice Presidents, the Chief Justice and the Prosecutor General took place on 26 July 2021.[4]

Election of the President Election of the Vice President
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc 483 0 0 Võ Thị Ánh Xuân 483 0 0
Election of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court Election of the Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Nguyễn Hòa Bình 480 0 0 Lê Minh Trí 480 0 0
Election of Government leaders
Election of the Prime Minister Approval of Deputy Prime Ministers
Candidate In favour Against Abstain Candidate In favour Against Abstain
Phạm Minh Chính 484 0 0 Phạm Bình Minh 479 0 0
Lê Minh Khái 479 0 0
Vũ Đức Đam 479 0 0
Lê Văn Thành 479 0 0

References

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  1. ^ Thu Hằng (2021-07-12). "499 người trúng cử được xác nhận tư cách đại biểu Quốc hội Khóa XV" [499 elected candidates confirmed as members of the 15th National Assembly]. VietnamNet (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2021-07-12.
  2. ^ Lê Hiệp. "Công bố danh sách ứng viên Quốc hội XV: 9 người tự ứng cử" [List of candidates for 15th National Assembly: 9 self nominated]. Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2021-04-27.
  3. ^ "15th National Assembly wraps up first session". Vietnamnet. 2021-07-28. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09.
  4. ^ "THÔNG CÁO BÁO CHÍ SỐ 07 KỲ HỌP THỨ NHẤT, QUỐC HỘI KHÓA XV". Quốc Hội. 2021-07-26. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09.