IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Viet Nam

Name	Official Name	Type
Vietnamese National Assembly	Quoc-Hoi	Assembly

Chief of State: President Nguyễn Xuân PHÚC
Head of Government: Prime Minister Phạm Minh CHÍNH
Assembly: Vietnam has a unicameral National Assembly (Quoc-Hoi) with 500 seats.

The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
In the National Assembly (Quoc-Hoi) 500 members are elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve 5-year terms.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Vietnamese National Assembly	2002-05-19	49,211,275	49,783,769	98.85%
Vietnamese National Assembly	2011-05-22	61,900,000	62,200,000	99.52%
Vietnamese National Assembly	2016-05-22	67,049,200	67,485,480	99.35%
Vietnamese National Assembly	2021-05-23	69,243,604	69,523,133	99.6%