Vietnam: On Election Day, govt reports 98 new Covid-19 cases, 5,217 in total

Vietnam's Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong speaks to members of the media after casting his ballot at a voting station in Hanoi on Sunday, May 23, 2021, as Vietnam holds legislative polls to elect a new 500-seat National Assembly. - AFP

HANOI, May 23 (Xinhua): Over 69 million voters across Vietnam are casting their votes on Sunday to elect deputies to the country's National Assembly (NA) and members of People's Councils at all levels.

Held every five years, the election this year started at 7am local time Sunday at around 80,000 polling stations nationwide, Vietnam News Agency reported.