Viet Nam
-National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Nguyen
Thi Kim Ngan
(Female)
Year of birth
1954
Secretary general
Secretary General
Nguyen
Hanh Phuc
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
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.
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)
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
424
Total per sex
Total of male
376
Total of female
124
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
6
31-40
37
41-45
33
46-50
56
51-60
316
61-70
45
71-80
7
81-90
0
91 and over
0
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 |
Reserved seats and quotas
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”.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
870
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
339
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
38.97%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
339
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
38.97%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
362
Number of women elected
132
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
26.4%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
Initially, 133 women were elected out of 496 candidates.
Two candidates-elect (one man and one woman) were disqualified before the first session of the newly elected National Assembly held on 20 July.
The number of women thus decreased from 133 to 132 out of 494 members.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
132
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
362
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
132
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Nguyen
Thi Kim Ngan
(Female)
Political party
Communist Party
Date of election
21.07.2016
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1946
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1946
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1946
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1976
Parliamentary bodies > Caucuses
Women
Caucus name
Vietnam Female Member of Parliament Group (VFMPG)
Date of creation
01.2008
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
No
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Issues dealt with by the caucus
- Capacity building for women parliamentarians on gender issues, gender mainstreaming in the legislative process and oversight of the implementation of laws on gender equity
- Oversight of implementation of the laws to prevent and combat domestic violence, protect children, and guarantee the right of women to education.
- Yes
- Role of women in green growth and the environment. Training, workshop, conf erence on aforesaid issues, International cooperation with women MP groups and other parliamentarians (more in plan of action)
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
Yes