Hanoi streets and alleys tinged with red flag to celebrate the national election

Ngoc Tu - Thuy Duong

May 22, 2021 / 02:52 PM

Small alley, streets and old residential buildings in Hanoi are tinted red by national flags, banners and posters to celebrate the big festival of the nation: the Election Day.

Every corner of Hanoi is dressed up in red to cheer up the Election Day for the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels, term 2021 – 2026 that falls on Sunday, May 23.

Small alley, streets and old residential buildings in Hanoi are dressed up in red by national flags, banners and posters to celebrate the big festival of the nation: The Election Day.

Voters across the country will go casting ballots to choose virtuous and talented delegates for 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels, term of 2021-2026. The C13 Block, Kim Lien residential area is adorned with flags, banners, posters and flowers.

Cheerful children are playing under the bright sunshine and red flags on a small alley in Hanoi.

The national flags with the yellow five-pointed star hang up in the door of many houses at the C5 Block, Kim Lien Residential Area in Dong Da district .

“The local households have been hanging national flags since the beginning of May to celebrate the election day. The move shows our loves to the country. We will go to cast ballots to elect the best delegate this Sunday,” Bui Thi Mai, a local resident said.

The red flags are flying high in front of the households in Kim Lien ward, Dong Da district.

The national flag is raised in Trung Tu collective area to celebrate the election day.

The brilliant scene of red flags with yellow stars at Trung Tu collective area.

The red national flags are hung at B2 Block, Tran Huy Lieu residential area in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.

The Tran Quy Cap Railway residential area in Dong Da district is brilliant with the national flags.

The national flags are hung in front of apartments at G5 Block, Thanh Cong collective area (Ba Dinh district).

Luong Dinh Cua Street, near Kim Lien collective area, Dong Da district is tinged with national red flags with yellow stars.

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