Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong goes to the polls in Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Tokyo (VNA) – The Japanese media on May 22-23 spotlighted the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly in Vietnam, especially at a time when the Southeast Asian country is battling with the resurgence of COVID-19since late April.
On May 23, the televisionbroadcaster NHK reported that voters wore masks, disinfectedtheir hands and had their temperatures checked before casting ballots.
At a polling stationin Hanoi, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said voters should fulfilltheir citizen duties and elect the most suitable candidates.
The same day, Kyodo News news agency said Vietnam held itsone-in-five-years parliamentary election while taking precautions to preventthe spread of the novel coronavirus amid a spike in new cases.
Polling stations have taken strictprecautions such as temperature checks, physical distancing and wearing of masks.
The results will be announced bymid-June.
A day earlier, Nikkei Asia said Vietnam has gone on high alert nationwide in order tocontain COVID-19 outbreaks in the north in the context of the election./.
