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1st LD: Vietnam's parliament elects first female speaker

Xinhua, March 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam on Thursday elected Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as the country's first female house speaker in capital Hanoi.

Ngan has been elected and sworn in as the NA Chairperson with 472 "yes" votes out of 481 valid ballots at the ongoing 11th session of the 13th NA.

Meanwhile, she was also elected as the Chairperson of the National Election Council with 467 "yes" votes out of 477 valid ballots.

Prior to the election, Ngan served as Vice Chairperson of the NA from July 2011.

Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong delivered a proposal on the nomination of candidates for the position of NA head, of which the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPVCC) and CPVCC's Politburo nominated Ngan as the sole nominee to the post. Enditem