Electoral Commission chair Martin Tete said the date for next year's election had been confirmed.
Candidate applications will open in January for a 22-day period.
The final day for the current Parliament, which was elected in January 2016, will be 22 January.
Meanwhile, a petition is scheduled to be presented to Vanuatu's Parliament today calling for Temporary Special Measures for quotas or reserve seats.
There are currently no women MPs and there have only been five since Vanuatu gained independence 39 years ago.
