Truong Sa island district’s 20 polling station to hold early elections

The Trương Sa (Spratly) island district has been allowed hold early voting at 20 polling stations on the islands of the Truong Sa township and the communes of Sinh Ton and Song Tu Tay, on May 16.

At the event
At the event

Meanwhile, the remaining three polling stations in Truong Sa district will still conduct their voting on the official date of May 23.

This was revealed during a working session between a delegation from the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee and the National Election Committee (NEC), led by NA Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty with leaders and the election committee of the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on May 7, after checking the preparatory electoral work.

At the working session, Vice Secretary of the Khanh Hoa Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tan Tuan updated the delegation on the preparations for the elections of deputies to the 15th NA and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure.

Khanh Hoa province has 13 candidates featuring in the upcoming NA election, including three nominated by central agencies, who will compete for seven seats at the 15th NA. The province has more than 977,000 constituents.

Speaking highly of the preparatory work of Khanh Hoa, NA Vice Chairman Ty underlined that the province needs to carry out its remaining tasks in a concerted manner, while paying due attention to COVID-19 prevention and control measures.