Trần Lưu Quang, Politburo member and secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, speaks at a meeting between National Assembly candidates and voters in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Tuyến

HCM CITY — Candidates running for the 16th National Assembly (2026–2031) in HCM City’s Constituency No. 6 have promised to maintain regular contact with voters and safeguard their rights and aspirations if elected.

At a meeting on March 2 with voters, organised by the Standing Boards of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Committees of Xuân Hòa, Bàn Cờ and Nhiêu Lộc wards, the candidates presented their action plans and listened to voters’ opinions and recommendations.

The meeting provided a forum for voters to directly share their concerns and expectations.

Constituency No. 6 has five candidates competing for three seats in the upcoming National Assembly. They include Politburo member and secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, Trần Lưu Quang; full-time National Assembly deputy and a member of the NA’s Committee for Legal and Judicial Affairs, Đỗ Đức Hiển; deputy secretary of the city Party Committee and chairwoman of the Bình Tiên Ward People’s Committee, Vương Thanh Liễu; deputy secretary of the HCM City Youth Union and chairwoman of the City Young Pioneers’ Council, Trịnh Thị Hiền Trân; and director of the Pasteur Institute in HCM City, Nguyễn Vũ Trung.

The constituency comprises 21 wards across the city’s central and adjacent urban areas.

In presenting their programmes, the candidates committed to maintaining regular contact with voters, listening to feedback and conveying opinions fully and accurately to the National Assembly, particularly on issues affecting daily life.

They highlighted priorities in line with the city’s development strategy, focusing on effectively implementing the two-tier local government model, accelerating digital and green transformation, upgrading transport infrastructure, expanding social housing, reinforcing preventive and grassroots healthcare, and tackling pressing urban issues such as environmental degradation, traffic congestion and flooding.

They affirmed their commitment to serving as a bridge for grassroots voices — particularly those of women, youth, intellectuals and ethnic minority communities — with the aim of advancing inclusive social welfare policies and fostering sustainable development for both the city and the nation.

Voters from the three wards called on the candidates who get elected to place emphasis on lawmaking and institutional reform and propose specific mechanisms and policies to address existing bottlenecks and mobilise more resources for the city’s long-term development.

Nguyễn Thị Hiếu, a voter in HCM City’s Xuân Hòa Ward, exchanges views with National Assembly candidates from Constituency No. 6. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Tuyến

Speaking on behalf of the candidates, Trần Lưu Quang thanked voters for their candid and practical feedback.

He said that “responsibility” would be the guiding principle of their work — responsibility to voters and to the overall development of the city and country.

He said the action programmes presented by the candidates must translate into concrete, feasible and measurable solutions and not merely broad or general commitments.

“Policy commitments should be results-oriented and clearly defined in order to deliver real improvements.”

Addressing voters’ concerns, he pointed to key priorities such as developing social housing, easing traffic congestion, renovating ageing apartment buildings, improving healthcare, education and public services, strengthening environmental protection, reducing flooding, and enhancing climate change response efforts.

“Economic growth must go hand in hand with social equity and higher living standards.”

He added that improving people's quality of life across the city remains the top priority. — VNS