Legislative elections were held in Vietnam on 15 March 2026. Early elections were held in the islands of the South Central Coast, Mekong Delta and Southeast regions from 26 February 2026.
The new parliament being elected in this election, to be the 16th National Assembly of Vietnam, will appoint its own chairperson before voting for the new President, the new Prime Minister and his cabinet, alongside other key state positions.
The results were announced on 21 March 2026, paving the way for the 16th National Assembly's inaugural session, which is scheduled to convene in early April 2026.
The members of the National Assembly are elected from 184 multi-member constituencies using the two-round system, with a maximum number of 500 candidates to be elected. Block voting is used, with each district having two or three seats. Candidates have to receive at least 50% of the vote in the first round to be elected, with a second round held on a plurality basis.
All participating candidates and elected members are expected to be nominal members of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front. Meanwhile, for the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the incumbent General Secretary of the Central Committee was Tô Lâm. After multiple rumors and speculations, the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam ultimately confirmed Tô Lâm to stay as the Party General Secretary for the next term, alongside the new Central Committee and Politburo, effectively platforming the Vietnamese political orientation for the 2026âÂÂ2031 term.
A total of 864 candidates from 182 constituencies contested for 500 seats in the election. Of these, nearly 93% were members of the CPV, while 7.5% were independents; five candidates were self-nominated.
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On 19 March 2026, independent journalist NguyỠn Hoàng Vi was arrested, detained and beaten by police officers after posting critical comments about the legtimacy of the election on social media.