Fewer independents vie for Vietnam's Communist Party-dominated assembly


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  • Friday, 21 May 2021

A woman stands next to a place that will be a polling station for the upcoming elections in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 19, 2021. Picture taken May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Thanh Hue

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HANOI (Reuters) -Fewer independent candidates than before are standing in an election in Vietnam on Sunday to a largely rubber-stamp legislature that is dominated by the Communist Party but which has taken on a growing role in discussing social issues.

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