Mon, May 21, 2007 - Page 5 News List

Vietnamese vote for new assembly

BROADER Vietnam says it wants to increase public participation in the national assembly, but about 90 percent of seats are sure to go to the Communist Party

AFP , HANOI

At the polling stations, heads of families often cast proxy votes for their relatives, typically with a choice to elect three deputies from five candidates, whose pictures and brief resumes were provided at polling booths.

"I saw that most people casting their ballots are older people," complained one 78-year-old retiree in Hanoi. "They vote for the whole family. It seems that the young voters are lazy."

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