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A working delegation of the National Election Council led by Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong — Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly and Head of the Subcommittee for Ensuring Security, Order and Social Safety — held a working session with the An Giang Provincial Election Committee on the morning of March 7.

Following the merger of administrative units, Da Nang now has 94 communes, wards, and special zones, including two island communes. In recent days, the island communes have been bustling in preparation for the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term.

Voters in Hai Phong City met with 33 candidates running for seats in the 16th National Assembly across seven electoral units from March 4–6.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 7 inspected the progress of the Gia Binh International Airport project in the northern province of Bac Ninh and a road connecting the airport with Ha Noi capital city.

The University of Social Sciences and Humanities under Viet Nam National University – Ha Noi held a symposium in Ha Noi on March 6 on the theme ‘Viet Nam’s politics and national governance in the context of restructuring and international integration’.

Bru–Van Kieu ethnic minority villagers in Quang Tri province's remote commune of Truong Son are eagerly preparing for early voting, from cleaning polling sites to learning about candidates.

Huang Jiang, Secretary of the Fangchenggang municipal Party Committee in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has expressed confidence that through joint efforts, the China – Viet Nam friendship will keep growing and bilateral cooperation will yield further positive outcomes.

The Communist Party and State of Viet Nam always value cooperative ties with Singapore and the People’s Action Party (PAP), wishing to further nurture and deepen the newly established Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in a substantive and effective way for mutual benefits, said Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chief of its Office Pham Gia Tuc.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) and central mass organisations, and President of the VFF Central Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai, together with candidates running for the 16th National Assembly (NA) for the 2026–2031 term in the northern province of Phu Tho’s electoral unit No. 5, on March 6 met voters in Hoa Binh ward and Luong Son commune.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat led by General Secretary To Lam on March 6 held a conference to announce the two bodies’ 2026 inspection and supervision decision for the Standing Board of the National Assembly (NA) Party Committee.

A delegation of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee, led by General Secretary To Lam, on March 6 announced a decision to conduct an inspection and supervision over the Standing Board of the Ha Noi Party Committee in 2026.

A delegation from Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper on March 6 visited and presented gifts to needy people in Tuyen Quang Province’s Tan Trao Commune, where the newspaper’s Editorial Board members lived and worked from September 1953 to July 1954.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 6 proposed establishing a new award titled “Talented, Creative and Dedicated Women” to further honour the contributions of Vietnamese women.

Fisheries Surveillance Vessel 260 has carried an election team and ballot boxes to organise early voting for voters who are on duty aboard vessels in waters bordering Viet Nam–Indonesia and Viet Nam–Malaysia, as well as in Con Dao special zone.

Party General Secretary To Lam has called for a stronger shift in inspection and supervision toward early and afar prevention, focusing on controlling power during governance and identifying risks before violations occur.

The Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress set the target that the urbanization rate in the 2026–2030 period will exceed 50%. In order to help bring the Party’s resolution into life soon, Thai Nguyen province has been focusing on implementing many synchronous and decisive solutions, striving to raise the province’s overall urbanization rate to more than 55% by 2030.

On the morning of March 5, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man visited the southern province of Dong Nai to inspect preparations for the elections of the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

Party General Secretary To Lam chaired a working session with the Party Central Committee's Commission for Organisation in Ha Noi on March 5 morning to discuss solutions to improve the quality of grassroots officials, during which he highlighted that improving grassroots officials' quality must remain a regular and strategic task as it plays a decisive role in strengthening governance capacity, administrative effectiveness and the implementation of the country’s political missions.

Politburo member and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, one of the five candidates running for seats in the 16th National Assembly (2026–2031 tenure) in Constituency No. 1 of Da Nang city met voters on March 4–5.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 5 called for strongest possible efforts to accelerate transport infrastructure development, stressing its crucial role in helping Viet Nam achieve double-digit economic growth in 2026.