| Country: | Vietnam |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Vietnamese legislative election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2002 Vietnamese legislative election |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Seats For Election: | All 450 seats in the National Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 226 |
| Election Date: | 20 July 1997 |
| Turnout: | 99.59% |
| Image1: | 4624-le-kha-phieu.jpg |
| Leader1: | Lê Khả Phiêu |
| Party1: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Last Election1: | 364 |
| Seats1: | 382 |
| Seat Change1: | 18 |
| Leader2: | – |
| Party2: | Non-party and independent |
| Last Election2: | 33 |
| Seats2: | 66 |
| Seat Change2: | 33 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Võ Văn Kiệt |
| Before Party: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| After Election: | Phan Văn Khải |
| After Party: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 20 July 1997.[1] The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was the only party to contest the election, although independent candidates were also allowed to run, but must be affiliated with the Vietnamese Fatherland Front (VFF), an umbrella organization that is also under the control of the CPV. The VFF won 447 of the 450 seats,[2] of which the CPV won 382. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.6%.
The first session of the new National Assembly met from September 18 to September 29, 1997. In this first session, Nông Đức Mạnh was elected Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, Trần Đức Lương was elected President of Vietnam, and Phan Văn Khải was elected Prime Minister of Vietnam. Other positions of power were also filled during this session.[3]