At the inspected locations, the delegation examined the opening ceremony agenda, voter list compilation and posting, security and safety measures, as well as plans for transporting ballot boxes and deploying vessels to offshore voting sites, including DK1 platforms and ships on duty at sea.
Nguyen Van Tho, head of the delegation and Standing Vice Chairman of the municipal election committee, said that as of February 25, preparations at polling stations had been basically completed and ready for the simultaneous early voting to take place on the morning of February 26.
For this election, Ho Chi Minh City has set up four early polling stations in Tam Thang and Phuoc Thang wards and Long Son commune to enable officers, soldiers and workers who are on long-term duty at sea to exercise their voting rights.
Eligible voters include personnel from Naval Flotillas 129 and 128 under the navy; the standing maritime militia squadron under the municipal High Command; the DK1 battalion and Brigade 125 under Naval Region 2; Coast Guard Region 3; Fisheries Surveillance Squadron No. 2; and the Viet Nam-Russia joint venture Vietsovpetro, along with contractors and crews working offshore.
These voters, numbering more than 4,500, would not be present onshore to cast their ballots on the official election day of March 15.
According to the municipal election committee, Naval Region 2 has deployed two vessels and Coast Guard Region 3 one vessel to carry out early offshore voting.
