Dong Nai: 18 candidates elected as deputies to 16th National Assembly

According to Resolution No. 232/NQ-HDBCQG of the National Election Council on the election results and the list of elected deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA), which was just announced on the afternoon of March 21, Dong Nai province has 18 candidates elected as deputies to the 16th NA. Among the elected deputies, eight were centrally nominated candidates standing in local constituencies.

Comrade Vu Hong Van, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Military Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Delegation of NA Deputies, is one of Dong Nai’s 18 candidates elected as deputies to the 16th NA. Photo: Cong Nghia

"With all 18 deputies elected, it shows that the election was conducted fully according to the allocated number of deputies. Previously, Dong Nai established 6 electoral units for NA deputies, with each unit electing 3 deputies from a total of 30 candidates. Together with the whole country, the province successfully organized the election with a voter turnout rate of 99.62%, demonstrating the high trust and consensus of the people.

Nationwide, according to the quick report on the election results from the National Election Council, a total of 500 NA deputies were elected from 863 candidates. Of these, 214 deputies were nominated by Central agencies and organizations.

Notably, the proportion of elected NA deputies expected to serve full-time  reached a record high of 40%, marking a 1.4% increase compared to the 15th NA term. For the first time in 16 terms, centrally nominated candidates standing in local constituencies achieved an exceptionally high success rate, with 214 out of 216 elected. Additionally, all candidates expected to serve as full-time deputies were elected.

 Previously, the whole country recorded nearly 76.2 million voters participating in the election, reaching 99.7%; notably, no electoral units had to hold a re-vote.

Below is the list of Dong Nai’s representatives elected as deputies to the 16th NA:

1. NGUYEN TRAN PHUONG HA, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Head of the Committee for Youth Union, Teenagers and Children Affairs under the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai province. Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Party Cell of Dong Nai province

2. LE MINH TRI, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee; Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, Standing Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption, Wastefulness, and Negativity; Standing Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform

3. VU HONG VAN, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Military Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Delegation of NA Deputies

4. LE HOANG HAI, Full-time member of the NA’s Committee on Science, Technology, and Environment; Vice Chairman of the Vietnam- Czech Republic Friendship Parliamentarians’ Union

5. DANG DOAN THANH, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Trang Bom commune

6. BUI XUAN THONG, Member of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Executive Committee, Member of the Executive Committee of the Provincial People's Council Party Committee, Full-time Deputy Head of the Provincial Delegation of NA Deputies

7. LE NU THUY DUONG, Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Long Thanh Golf Investment and Trading Joint Stock Company

8. NGUYEN TAN LINH, Member of Military Region 7 Party Committee; Colonel, Deputy Commander of Military Region 7

9. NGUYEN CONG LONG, Full-time member of the NA’s Committee for Legal and Judicial Affairs; Vice Chairman of the Vietnam - Brazil Parliamentary Friendship Group; Vice Chairman of the Vietnam - Venezuela Parliamentary Friendship Group.

10. TRINH XUAN AN, Member of the Party Executive Committee, Full-time member of NA’s Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs; Vice Chairman of the Young NA Deputies Group; Vice Chairman of the Vietnam - Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group

11. VU HAI HA, Member of the Party Central Committee; Deputy Secretary of the NA Party Committee; Member of the NA Standing Committee; Standing Deputy Chairman of the NA’s Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs

12. DANG ANH TUAN, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice Rector in charge of Dong Nai University

13.VAN THUY ANH, Specialist, Dong Nai Art Theater

14. NGUYEN QUOC DUNG, Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Labor Federation Party Cell, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai province, Chairman of the Provincial Labor Federation

15. NGUYEN TRUNG KIEN, Member of the Party Standing Committee, Colonel, Deputy Director of the People's Security Academy, Ministry of Public Security

16. DIEU HUYNH SANG, Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Full-time Deputy Head of Dong Nai Provincial Delegation of NA Deputies

17. TRUONG THI DIEU THUY, Member of the Party Executive Committee, Member of the Party Committee’s Inspection Commission of the Committee on Legal and Judicial Affairs, Member of the Law and Justice Department’s Party Cell Executive Board; Deputy Director of the Law and Justice Department under the NA's Law and Justice Committee

18. PHAM VAN TRINH, Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee; Member of the Provincial People's Committee Party Executive Committee; Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Dong Nai Provincial Department of Science and Technology.

By Ho Thao – Translated by Mai Nga, Thu Ha