Viet Nam

Population Statistics

94,348,835

Total Population

14,152,325

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

05 February 2015

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


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

Updated: June 2015

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)