In accordance with the Law No. 85/2015/QH13 on election of deputies to the National Assembly and deputies to People’s Councils passed by the National Assembly on June 25, 2015 and takes effect on September 01, 2015, the election day must be a Sunday and shall be announced at least 115 days in advance.
The voting must proceed continuously, the voting must run from seven a.m. to seven p.m. of the same day. Depending on the situation of each locality, the Election Teams may decide to start the voting earlier but not before five a.m. or end it later but not after nine p.m. of the same day. If it is disrupted by an unexpected incident, the Election Team shall immediately seal the ballot box and documents directly related to the election, promptly report it to the Election Board and at the same time take necessary measures to ensure the resumption of the voting.
All citizens having the voting right shall have their names included in voter lists and be provided with voter cards; a citizen may only have his/her name included in the voter list of the locality where he/she permanently or temporarily resides; voters who are temporary residents and have registered their temporary residence of less than 12 months and soldiers in people’s armed forces units shall have their names included in the voter lists for the election of deputies to the National Assembly or deputies to provincial- or
district-level People’s Councils of localities where they temporarily reside or are stationed. A voter who is currently held in custody or detained or serving the measure of consignment into a compulsory education or compulsory detoxification establishment may have his/her name included in the voter list for election of deputies to the National Assembly and deputies to provincial-level People’s Council of the locality where he/she is held in custody or detained or serving the measure of consignment into a compulsory education or compulsory detoxification establishment.
In particular, an overseas Vietnamese citizen who returns to Vietnam during the period from the time when a voter list is publicly displayed to the time of 24 hours before the polling commences may come to the commune-level People’s Committee to produce his/her passport stating his/her Vietnamese nationality in order to have his/her name included in the voter list and receive a voter card for election of deputies to the National Assembly and deputies to provincial-, district- and commune-level People’s Councils (if he/she produces his/her passport at the registered place of his/her permanent residence) or for election of deputies to the National Assembly and deputies to provincial- and district-level People’s Councils (if he/she produces his/her passport at the registered place of his/her temporary residence).
