Workers in Hanoi show support for the first general election. (Photo: VNA Archives)
Voting stations on the day of the first general election, January 6, 1946. (Photo: VNA Archives)
On January 12, 1946, tens of thousands of citizens in the capital attend a rally at the Central School Zone (now Hanoi University of Science and Technology) to congratulate President Ho Chí Minh and the newly elected members of the first National Assembly. (Photo: VNA Archives)
Opening session of the first National Assembly, March 2, 1946. (Photo: VNA Archives)
More than 500 people from the Man, Nung, and Tho ethnic groups in Doan Ket Commune (Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen province) hold a rally in support of the Party and Government's policy to establish the Viet Bac Autonomous Zone (June 1956). (Photo: VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh casts the first vote to elect the new Standing Committee of the National Assembly at the sixth session of the first National Assembly (January 1957). (Photo: VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh signs a decree promulgating the 1960 Constitution, January 1, 1960. (Photo: VNA)
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam elected by the first National Assembly at its second session (October 28 – November 9, 1946). (Photo: VNA Archives)
The 8th session of the 15th National Assembly officially convenes at the National Assembly House in Hanoi, October 21, 2024. (Photo: VNA)
Voters in Say San 3 Hamlet, Nung Nang commune, Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province, exercise their citizen rights and responsibilities at Polling Station No. 2 during the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the People's Councils at all levels for the 2016–2021 term. (Photo: VNA)
Soldiers on Nam Yet Island read news regarding preparations for the elections of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the People's Councils at all levels for the 2016–2021 term on the news board. (Photo: VNA)
Two centenarians, Vu Dinh Gia and Ngo Thi Muoi, vote for deputies to the 12th National Assembly at Electoral Unit No. 5, Polling Station No. 7, May 20, 2007. (Photo: VNA)
National Assembly of Vietnam: A symbol of national solidarity
On January 6, 1946, Vietnam held its first nationwide general election, a landmark event in the establishment of democratic institutions and a testament to the Vietnamese people's mastery. For the past 79 years, the National Assembly of Vietnam has stood as a symbol of national unity, steadfastly serving as the highest representative body of the people and the supreme authority of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
