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Upcoming Elections

  • Presidential
    June 2011

Vietnam

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Nguyen Minh TRIET
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan DUNG
  • Assembly: Vietnam has a unicameral National Assembly (Quoc-Hoi) with 498 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the National Assembly (Quoc-Hoi) 498 members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms.

Population:

  • Population: 84,402,966 (July 2006 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - June 2011

Past elections

  • Presidential - July 24, 2007
  • Parliamentary - May 20, 2007
  • Parliamentary - May 20, 2007
  • Parliamentary - May 19, 2002

Last Updated on 02/04/2010

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