aung san suu kyi is contesting a seat in the low-income area on the outskirts of yangon. nhk world followed the nobel laureate to appeal for their support. >> reporter: opposition leader aung san suu kyi has begun campaigning in yangon. she visited the constituency on saturday. her first official campaign appearance in the district she hopes to represent. >> translator: the most important thing is to create new jobs for people who are unemployed. if you believe in us, i promise to implement this without fail. >> translator: aung san suu kyi will definitely win. >> translator: we believe that she will improve our living standards. >> reporter: komu district, south of yangon, is home to about 80,000 borders. farming is the area's biggest industry and most residents are from low-income households. komu is home to many people from the ethnic minority. aung san suu kyi chose to run for the komu constituency instead of somewhere closer to her home in yangon. one reason is to emphasize her policies related to poverty reduction and ethnic minorities. the five members of this hous

she's contesting a seat in the low income area on the outskirts of yangon. suu kyi's national league for democracy won the 1990 parliamentary elections but the military government at the time rejected the results. the nld boycotted the 2010 vote. the election is seen as a touch stone in myanmar's move toward democracy. with just over a month to go, the eyes of the world are now focused on how it will turn out. >>> next, we go to vietnam for the first in our series of special reports about the rapid economic development of central vietnam. patchari raksawong is in the capital, hanoi. >> reporter: international media often refer to vietnam as a country with a vibrant economy. but in reality, economic development has taken off, primarily in the north, around the capital hanoi, where i am now, and down in the south, around the great metropolis of ho chi minh. until recently, central vietnam had been left behind in this race to prosperity, but that picture is starting to change. over the next three days, we take a closer look at how vietnam is trying to bring the