The National Assembly elects the President by secret ballot.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is the only person on the list of candidates for President that has just been approved by the National Assembly.
This morning (October 23), the National Assembly Standing Committee reported the results of discussions at the National Assembly delegation and explained and accepted the opinions of National Assembly deputies on the expected personnel to elect the President.
Accordingly, comrade Nguyen Phu Trong - General Secretary of the Party Central Committee was nominated by the National Assembly to hold the position of President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the 2016-2021 term.
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| General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. |
The National Assembly then voted to approve the list to elect the President using an electronic voting system and established a Vote Counting Committee.
Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee Tran Van Tuy presented the National Assembly Chairman's Report on the proposed personnel for the Vote Counting Committee.
After the Head of the Vote Counting Committee announced the voting rules, the National Assembly deputies proceeded to elect the President by secret ballot.
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| The National Assembly voted to elect General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as President. |
The vote counting results will be announced this afternoon./.
