At the first session of the 16th National Assembly, Tran Thanh Man, Politburo member, Chairman of the 15th National Assembly, was once again elected by the legislature to serve as Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for the 16th tenure.

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) To Lam delivered an address at the opening of the first session of the newly-elected 16th National Assembly in Ha Noi on April 6.

Party General Secretary To Lam has called on the National Assembly (NA) to further innovate in a stronger, more substantive, and more effective manner to fully and worthily fulfil its constitutional responsibilities in the country’s development phase.

The first session of the 16th National Assembly was officially convened on the morning of April 6 in Ha Noi.

Viet Nam’s newly elected 16th National Assembly (NA) will kick off its first session in the capital city of Ha Noi on April 6, marking the start of a new legislative term with a packed agenda of reports and organisational decisions.

During its first session schemed to start next week, the 16th National Assembly (NA) will consider and adopt a series of key resolutions on the five-year socio-economic development plan for 2026–2030, the national five-year financial plan, the public debt borrowing and repayment plan, and the medium-term public investment plan for the same period, said Pham Thi Hong Yen, a full-time member of the NA’s Committee for Economic and Financial Affairs.

The 16th National Assembly (NA) will consider key personnel matters at its first session, including the election of the NA Chairperson, State President, and Prime Minister, said Vice Chairman of the NA Office Nguyen Van Hien at a press briefing in Ha Noi on April 3.

 A national conference was held in Ha Noi on March 31 to review the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 tenure.

Localities nationwide are continuing to compile and carefully review election results before reporting them to the National Election Council. On the morning of March 22, the council is expected to hold a final review meeting and announce the results of the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly, along with local election results.

The Vietnamese community in South Africa has expressed confidence that the 16th National Assembly (NA) will lead the homeland towards comprehensive development.

Viet Nam's decision to hold the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels in the 2026-2031 tenure two months earlier than usual represents a highly practical move, according to Prof. Dr. Cheng Hanping, Executive Director of the Institute for Regional and National Studies and Director of the Viet Nam Studies Centre at Zhejiang University of Technology in China.

Viet Nam’s election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 tenure is an important event affirming and consolidating the power of the Vietnamese people while implementing the tasks set out by the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV), according to Cuban political scientist Luis Manuel Arce Isaac.

Many Vietnamese people in Laos have expressed strong interest in Viet Nam’s election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 tenure, highlighting the important role of these bodies in the country’s new development phase.

Ambassador of Timor-Leste to Viet Nam João Pereira has lauded the March 15 election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 tenure as a carefully prepared political event marked by peace, trust, and democracy.

Parliamentary diplomacy has made great contributions to consolidating ties between Viet Nam and Azerbaijan, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Viet Nam Shovgi Kamal Oglu Mehdizadet said in an interview granted to the Viet Nam News Agency.

Voter turnout in the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 tenure reached 71.59% as of 12:00 on March 15, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).

The application of information technology has made the organisation of the general election more effective, stated Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) and Chairman of the National Election Council (NEC) Tran Thanh Man on March 15 morning while visiting officials on duty at the NEC Office, the Election Operations Centre, and journalists working at the press centre serving the election.

As of 9am on March 15, quick reports from localities showed that voters had enthusiastically participated in the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 tenure right from the opening hours, with turnout progressing positively.

Senior officials of the Party, State and Viet Nam Fatherland Front joined voters in casting their ballots in Ha Noi on March 15 to elect deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term.

Officers, soldiers and fishermen in the Truong Sa special zone of Khanh Hoa province joined voters nationwide on March 15 to cast their ballots in the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term.