National Assembly (Vietnam)

The National Assembly ( Assemblée nationale vietnamienne French, Vietnamese Quốc Hội Việt Nam ) is the unicameral Parliament of Vietnam and thus represents the state legislature dar.

The 493 deputies of the National Assembly (NV) are elected for a period of 5 years. You need at least twice a year hold a general meeting and in the intervals of their Standing Committee ( SANV ) represent, what they choose each period new. The National Assembly appoints further comprises the President, the Prime Minister and the government ( executive), and the procurators of the Supreme People's Court and the High People's Control Office ( judicial). The National Assembly has won for the last constitutional amendments strong political influence. Your rights now include the amendment of laws and the Constitution, and the possibility Minister and leader of authorities to draw with Ministerialstatus accountable. The greatest political power, however, is still in the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV ), which by the Vietnamese Fatherland Front has the electoral process under its control. The Communist Party in the National Assembly represents about 90 % of the seats, which is ensured by the strong party discipline that all high government officials and judges are members of the party, or at least politically like- minded people. The party determined by its Central Committee and the Politburo, the country's politics.

The National Assembly is based in Hanoi, where their 2008 conference building was demolished. A new building is still in planning.

Elections are held every five years and include not only the National Assembly, but also the people's councils, representing the provincial, district or municipal parliaments. The electoral process is about the Vietnamese Fatherland Front - an umbrella organization for pro-regime mass organizations - under the control of the CPV. While it is self - nominations have now been approved, but the potential candidates must still be accepted by the selection committee. As of the 2002 election about 15 % of the candidates were not party members, but it had applied 69 independents and only 13 were accepted. Since 2003, by operation of law in each constituency at least two candidates compete more must be awarded as mandates. The last elections were held on 20 May 2007.