At stake in this election:

• 498 seats in the National Assembly (Quoc-Hoi)

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.
• 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.***

*** There are182 multi-member constituencies (from six to 26 seats each) divided into electoral units. Candidates must get a majority of votes in the first round to avoid a second.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) / Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam
  • Leader: Nguyễn Phú TRONG
  • Seats won in last election: 450
• Independent(s): Independents
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in last election: 1

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 90,549,390 (July 2010 est.)
• Registered Voters: 62,200,000 (May 2011 Voter registry not published. Figure is an estimate.)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 44,458,637 (2011)

·         Is Vietnam a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (29 July 1980)

·         Has Vietnam ratified CEDAW: Yes (17 February 1982)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 122 (following the 2011 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 116 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Vietnam a signatory to CRPD: Yes (22 October 2007)

·         Has Vietnam ratified CRPD: Yes (5 February 2015)

·         Population with a disability: 13,582,408 (est.)