The standing boards of the National Assembly (NA) Party Committee and the Government Party Committee convened a conference in Ha Noi on March 9 to discuss agenda for the 16th NA’s first session.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Quang Phuong has urged the southernmost province of Ca Mau to continue properly implementing central authorities' directives and resolutions regarding the upcoming elections while ensuring security, social order, and full voter participation.

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.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on March 2 received First Vice President of the Hellenic Parliament Ioannis Plakiotakis, who is on an official visit to Viet Nam from February 28 to March 5.

Election preparations nationwide have been carried out concertedly, methodically, on schedule and in line with legal regulations under central authorities' unified leadership and close coordination among agencies.

At the Kim Lien Special National Relic Site, the NA leader and his delegation paid solemn tribute to President Ho Chi Minh, a great leader of the Party and people, a hero of national liberation, and the one who laid the foundation for the Vietnamese NA and affirmed the role of the supreme body of State power throughout his life-long career dedicated to the nation.

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.

On February 27, the supervisory and inspection delegation of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee and the National Election Council, led by Nguyen Khac Dinh, Member of the Party Central Committee, NA Vice Chairman and Member of the National Election Council, held a working session with the Provincial Steering Committee for the Election and the Election Committee of Ninh Binh province.

Preparations for the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term are well underway in Dong Thap province, with groundwork at the grassroots level largely completed, according to the provincial election steering committee.

The Standing Board of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee convened a training conference in Ha Noi on February 24 on election campaigning skills for candidates for the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026 – 2031 tenure.

The State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV) must bring into full play its professional expertise and effectively tap information from multiple sources to proactively advise the Party and State, instead of merely organising audit delegations, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has said.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the NA Committee for Legal and Judicial Affairs, the Committee for Economic and Financial Affairs, and the NA Office on February 23, the first working day after the nine-day Tet holiday.

The National Election Council has published the official list of 864 candidates standing in 182 electoral units nationwide to elect 500 deputies to the 16th National Assembly.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his delegation visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to 200 policy beneficiary families, poor households and those facing particularly difficult circumstances in Thanh Xuan commune, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, on February 13.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man, accompanied by a delegation from the legislature and authorities of Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, on February 13 paid a pre-Lunar New Year (Tet) visit to the Party Committee and High Command of Military Region 9.

On March 15, 2026, voters across Viet Nam will go to the polls to elect deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

The 54th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to take place on February 3 morning, according to the NA Office.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on February 2 chaired a ceremony to present 45-year and 30-year Party membership badges to members of the NA Party Committee.

Speaker of the Jordanian House of Representatives Mazen Turki El Qadi arrived in Ha Noi on February 2 afternoon, beginning an official visit to Viet Nam until February 5 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

At the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Mazen Turki El Qadi is paying an official visit to Viet Nam from February 2 to 5, 2026.