In pictures: Voters nationwide cast ballots

Voting began at 7am on May 23 across around 80,000 polling stations nationwide in the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Council at all levels in the 2021-2026 tenure.
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Voters from Ha Nhi ethnic minority group in the northern province of Lai Chau exercise their rights and obligations of voting.
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A patient in the Bach Mai hospital casts his vote in auxiliary ballot boxes. 
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Voters who are medical workers, hospital staff, patients, and patients' relatives in hospitals, or people in quarantine due to COVID-19 are assisted to exercise their rights and obligations in safe conditions.
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Voter Le Huu Vi (91 years old) casts his vote at a polling station in Viet Hung Ward, Long Bien District, Hanoi City.
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Officials help an elderly person to cast her ballot at a polling station in Tu Nhien Commune, Thuong Tin District, Hanoi City. 
Nuns have their body temperature checked before casting their ballots in Hang Trong Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi City.
Nuns have their body temperature checked before casting their ballots in Hang Trong Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi City.
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An old woman was escorted by a police officer to the polling station.
A coast guard soldier on duty at sea casts his ballot on a coast guard ship.
A coast guard soldier on duty at sea casts his ballot on a coast guard ship.
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Election in quarantine zones, islands and other special areas in the country took place safely and conveniently.

By A.N (Photo: VNA)

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