New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta)
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New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta)
Your one-stop-shop for information about national parliaments
Viet Nam
-National Assembly
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Quoc-Hoi (National Assembly)
Chamber name
Quoc-Hoi (National Assembly)
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1957-01 to 1963-01
from 1968-01 to 1975-01
from 1979-01
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
President of the National Assembly
Speaker
Nguyen
Thi Kim Ngan
(Female)
Year of birth
1954
Term
31.03.2016
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General
Secretary general
Nguyen
Hanh Phuc
(Male)
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
Compare data of this field.
Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
500
Note on the statutory number of members
In accordance with the law on the organization of the National Assembly, the number of members shall not exceed 500.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
Age
Average age of all members
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Sen Vu Thi Huong (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
70
Oldest member
Hoan Le Ngoc (Male)
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 6 | 37 | 33 | 56 | 316 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 76 | Total >= 46: 424 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 264 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 376 |
| Female | 0 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 21 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
Members for whom data is available
500
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
No voluntary or legislated candidate quotas in place. However, Article 10a, Chapter 2 of the “Law on Election of National Assembly Deputies” approved by the VNA stipulates that “the number of National Assembly female deputies will be projected by the National Assembly Standing Committee in accordance with recommendation by the Delegation of Central Executive Committee of Viet Nam Women’s Union to guarantee that women have appropriate numbers of representatives in the National Assembly”.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.