Vietnam s Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong speaks to members of the media after casting his ballot at a voting station in Hanoi on Sunday, May 23, 2021, as Vietnam holds legislative polls to elect a new 500-seat National Assembly. - AFP
HANOI, May 23 (Xinhua): Over 69 million voters across Vietnam are casting their votes on Sunday to elect deputies to the country s National Assembly (NA) and members of People s Councils at all levels.
Held every five years, the election this year started at 7am local time Sunday at around 80,000 polling stations nationwide, Vietnam News Agency reported.
A total of 866 candidates are vying for 500 seats at the 15th NA, and 3,726 deputies will be selected from 6,199 candidates to enter provincial-level People s Councils, with also 22,952 deputies to district-level People s Councils and 242,312 deputies to commune-level People s Councils, according to Vietnam s National Election Council.
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A person wearing a protective gear walks next to a person wearing a face mask and gloves at Singapore s Changi Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the republic on March 30, 2020. - Reuters SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters): A Covid-19 outbreak at Singapore s airport may have initially spread through a worker who helped an infected family arriving in the country, authorities said late on Friday (May 21), as they further ramped up their testing regime.
The airport cluster which involves about 100 cases, is part of a resurgence of infections in the Asian business hub and highlights the challenges of keeping the virus out, despite rigorous testing and quarantine measures for travelers. It is Singapore s largest active cluster.