People in the highlands of Quang Ninh go to vote for village chiefs early in the morning.

In the cold below 10 degrees in the mountainous and highland areas of Quang Ninh , ethnic minorities still prepare their clothes and leave their homes early in the morning to vote for village, hamlet, and neighborhood chiefs for the 2025-2027 term.

Ms. Trieu Thi Thanh and the people of Na Bap village went to vote for the Village Chief on the morning of December 15.

At 6:00 a.m. on December 15, Ms. Trieu Thi Thanh (a member of the Dao Thanh Phan ethnic group, Na Bap village, Don Dac commune, Ba Che district) left her house to represent her family in voting for the new village chief. It was a winter morning, the mountain roads were freezing cold, but the number of people on the streets was increasing. For Ms. Thanh, the morning of December 15 was truly a festival.

To help people have this spirit, Ba Che district has prepared carefully and comprehensively, completing the steps according to the process and regulations. At the same time, it has promoted propaganda and popularization of the purpose, meaning and importance of the election; created solidarity, unity and spread among all classes of people; prepared well the work of selecting and introducing personnel according to the model of "People trust, Party nominates", ensuring the spirit of democracy, openness and transparency. People of all ethnic groups expressed their consensus, solidarity and trust.

Secretary of the District Party Committee Vu Thanh Long launched a campaign for the entire population to carry out a general environmental sanitation campaign, to beautify the countryside to be bright, green, clean, beautiful and safe; to promote cultural, artistic, folk dance and sports activities associated with promoting the cultural identity values of ethnic groups, creating a vibrant and exciting competitive atmosphere among the people...

At 6:30 a.m., the polling station at Na Bap Village Cultural House had people coming to prepare to vote.

The election of village, hamlet and ward chiefs is an important political event, promoting the people's mastery; improving the effectiveness of building and implementing grassroots democracy; at the same time selecting and electing exemplary people with qualities, capacity, prestige and responsibility, representing the community, worthy of being the people's support; contributing to building an increasingly strong political system.

Voters enter the hall to listen to instructions on how to vote properly.

The province has established 1,452 election teams with 8,744 members. The total number of candidates for village chief is 1,521, of which 1,193 are re-elected, and 328 are new candidates. The quality of the candidates for village, hamlet, and neighborhood chiefs has been improved, of which 349 have university degrees or higher, and 418 have intermediate political theory degrees or higher.

The whole province has 428 voting groups choosing to vote by show of hands (accounting for 29.5%), 1,024 voting groups choosing to vote by secret ballot (accounting for 70.5%). The total number of voters in the whole province listed is 315,297 people.

To ensure the success of the election, election preparations in villages and neighborhoods in the province were carried out urgently, seriously and closely. Localities issued implementation plans, promoted propaganda work, arranged resources to repair, upgrade and renovate cultural houses, and decorated the inside and outside of the election area to create an atmosphere...

In particular, based on the expected personnel, the province carries out the personnel process for village, hamlet, and ward heads in 6 steps, including: Preparing personnel for the new term's Party cell; organizing Party cell activities; holding conferences of the Front Work Committee, consulting with household representatives; reporting to the Party Committee; and organizing elections.

The election of village, hamlet and residential area chiefs in Quang Ninh will contribute to the successful organization of the Party cell congress for the 2025-2027 term, completing the goal of 100% of Party cell secretaries being also village, hamlet and residential area chiefs; continuing to effectively implement the model of "People trust - Party nominates".