Viet Nam

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability

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Article 7 states:

Elections to the National Assembly and the People’s Councils are held in accordance with the principles of universal, equal, direct, and secret suffrage.

 

Article 27 states:

The citizen shall, upon reaching the age of eighteen, have the right to vote, and upon reaching the age of twenty-one, have the right to stand for election to the National Assembly and the People’s Councils. The practice of these rights is provided by the statute.

 

Article 29 states:

The citizen shall, upon reaching the age of eighteen, have the right to vote when the State holds a referendum.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1992, last amended 2013)

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Article 93 states:

When the State President is incapacitated for work over a long period of time, the Vice President shall act as President.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1992, last amended 2013)