Issuing Government Working Regulations

Scene of the Government's online meeting with localities. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Specifically, the Government operates according to the following principles: All activities of the Government must comply with the provisions of the Constitution and laws, ensure the leadership of the Party, and implement the principle of democratic centralism. The Government operates under a regime that combines the authority and responsibility of the Government as a whole with the authority and personal responsibility of the Prime Minister and each individual member of the Government. The Government decides on the basis of the majority principle on issues under the authority of the Government. Promote personal responsibility and set an example for members of the Government, heads of ministries, agencies, and localities. Each task is assigned to only one person to preside over and take responsibility. In cases where the task is assigned to a ministry, agency, or provincial People's Committee, the Minister, Head of the agency, or Chairman of the provincial People's Committee must take responsibility. Proactively handle work in accordance with the process, procedures, authority, and provisions of law and the Government's Working Regulations. Ensure coordination of work, information exchange, and promote unity in handling Government work.

Implement assignment, decentralization, delegation of authority, and authorization in accordance with the provisions of law, individualize responsibilities associated with strengthening supervision, inspection, and control of power, ensuring centralized leadership, unified management, and in accordance with the authority of the Government. Promote the initiative and creativity of heads of ministries, agencies, and localities. Strictly implement administrative discipline and order; subordinates must obey and strictly comply with the leadership, direction, and assignment of superiors. Publicize, be transparent, and innovate the operations of the Government, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government, and State administrative agencies at all levels; implement a unified, smooth, continuous, democratic, modern, honest, effective, and efficient administration that serves the people and is subject to the inspection and supervision of the people.

Responsibilities, scope, and methods of handling government work

According to the Regulation, the Government unifies the management of the state administrative system from the central to local levels; fully performs the tasks and powers of the Government as prescribed in the Constitution and laws.

The way the Government handles its work is by discussion and resolution at Government meetings. Resolutions are made by voting on the opinions of Government members in case the Government is not in session. Government resolutions must be approved by more than half of the total number of Government members. In case of equal votes, the opinion voted by the Prime Minister shall prevail.

The Government assigns the Prime Minister to represent the Government in considering and deciding on urgent issues that need to be urgently handled under the Government's authority or issues that have been agreed upon by the Government in terms of policies and principles. The Prime Minister reports or assigns the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister, or Head of a ministerial-level agency to represent the Prime Minister in reporting at the nearest Government meeting on the issues that have been decided.

The Government shall decentralize and delegate power to local authorities in accordance with the provisions of laws, resolutions of the National Assembly, ordinances and resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

The Government shall decentralize and authorize local authorities to decide or perform certain state management tasks in sectors and fields within their management areas in accordance with the conditions and capacity of local authorities, along with allocating resources reasonably, improving the capacity and qualifications of officials, and strengthening inspection, supervision, and strict control of power.