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.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has requested placing institutional reform at the centre of national development, stressing that refinement of institutions and laws is a strategic breakthrough for the country’s advancement.

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.

The upcoming election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term will play a significant role in further consolidating Viet Nam’s political system, advancing reform and creating new momentum for national development amid a rapidly changing global landscape.

Media outlets and researchers in the US and other countries have offered various assessments of Viet Nam’s upcoming election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term, highlighting the event as an important political milestone in the country’s development process.

The NA leader urged the entire political system to actively engage in the election process, closely monitor developments at each polling team and station, strengthen inspection and supervision, and promptly resolve issues emerging at the grassroots level.