Mobile speakers go to every alley, knock on every door
These days, coming to the Kien Hai special zone (An Giang province), the atmosphere in the sea and island area is quite bustling. Not only are there business activities or bustling fishing boats, but also images of flags, banners, and billboards propagating about the election of National Assembly deputies of the 16th term and People's Council deputies at all levels for the 2026-2031 term. Besides, there are loudspeakers and mobile loudspeakers going to each residential area to broadcast propaganda information and candidate information... Thanks to that, people who do not have the conditions and time to see paper notices can still work, trade and listen to necessary information.
Together with Mr. Phan Minh Son, Secretary, Head of Hamlet 1 and the local youth union force to go to people's houses to distribute voter cards, we felt a positive and exciting working atmosphere, and people were also excited and immersed in the festival of the country. Coming to each house, Mr. Son handed over voter cards and included a reminder of information about the election for people to remember.
Mr. Truong Thach Son, a fisherman in hamlet 1, shared: "Here, information is posted for people to read and learn about the candidates in advance, and for those who cannot read in time, there are loudspeakers to read for me. My wife and I also arranged time to go vote early on the election day, then get on the boat to go fishing. Many polling stations see that they are well prepared, and our people are also excited to choose talented, virtuous, and worthy people through ballots.
Mr. Phan Van Thoi, a fisherman in hamlet 1, shared: "I have been in the sea for 20 years, going fishing is important, but I also realize that going to vote is also important. I take advantage of the time to go early to vote and then go to sea, because I want to choose people with virtue and talent to care for the people later, have policies to care for people on the island such as domestic water, roads, and stabilize fuel prices to reduce difficulties for fishermen.
Mr. Huynh Van Luom, the owner of the fishing boat, shared that his boat has 5 people going fishing, and on election day they will be allowed to run in to take advantage of voting, fulfilling their civic duty and then go fishing again.
Careful and active preparation
Mr. Le Minh Tri - Vice Chairman of Kien Hai Special Zone People's Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of Kien Hai Special Zone Election Committee - said that the special zone has 18 polling areas/13 hamlets/116 People's self-managed groups and 7 units stationed in the area.
The Election Commission has issued a notice of assignment of tasks, clearly defining the responsibilities of the Chairman, Vice Chairmen and each member, each member of the Election Commission is assigned to be in charge of monitoring and urging localities to perform specific election tasks. Election Sub-committees and Election Boards have issued notices clearly assigning tasks to each member.
Implement voter voting on the Voter Management software, conduct a review of dead, absent,... people who are not eligible to vote to serve as a basis for determining the number of voters voting in the special zone. Through the second review of the voter list currently listed in the polling areas, there are nearly 16,500 voters, a decrease compared to the list of phase 1.
Mr. Tri said that information and propaganda work on elections has been concerned and implemented with many contents; the awareness of officials, party members and people about the meaning and importance of the election has gradually been raised. Directing visual propaganda and mobilization such as: building 4 large panels at the inclined wharf; Hanging banners at the Special Administrative Center and along the new port bridge road, decorating election slogans at the special zone election committee's office; decorating banners and posters in 18 polling areas... propaganda on the special zone and hamlets' loudspeaker system, building short video propaganda for elections, building question and answer performances about elections.
The area is characterized by islands and seas, so we focus on doing a good job of propaganda, many forms such as loudspeakers, mobile loudspeakers pulling into residential areas far from administrative areas and old communes before merging, on passenger ships... Fishermen take advantage of early morning voting to go to sea, avoiding exploitation impacts. People who have been at sea for many days have received information from many sources and confirmed that they will return on time for elections," Mr. Tri informed.
