Mr. Truong Hoa Binh was assigned as Permanent Deputy Prime Minister.

According to the Prime Minister's decision, Mr. Truong Hoa Binh was assigned as Permanent Deputy Prime Minister of the Government.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, and members of the Government for the 2016-2021 term. (Photo: Quang Hieu/Chinhphu.vn)

The Prime Minister has issued Decision No. 1527/QD-TTg assigning tasks to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers. Accordingly, the tasks of the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers are assigned as follows:

1. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Secretary of the Government Party Committee

a) Comprehensively lead and manage all activities within the functions, tasks and powers of the Government.

b) Directly direct and manage the following areas of work:

- Strategies, planning, and plans for socio-economic development of the whole country and regions (including land use planning and plans).

- National financial, credit and monetary strategies and policies.

- State budget expenditure, use of State budget reserves, Financial Reserve Fund, Foreign Exchange Reserve Fund and other State Funds; allocation of national reserves; issuance of government bonds; annual money supply plan.

- Climate change response strategy.

- Defense, security, foreign affairs strategy and defense and security work.

- Institutional building work; organizational structure and personnel work; state administrative boundaries; general issues on ethnic and religious affairs, emulation and rewards.

- Important, urgent tasks and breakthrough solutions in various fields.

- Coordination between the Government and Party agencies, the National Assembly, the President, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations.

c) Monitoring and direction: Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board.

d) Directly serving as Head of the State Steering Committee on the East Sea - Islands, Head of the National Steering Committee on International Integration, Chairman of the Central Emulation and Reward Council, Chairman of the National Education Council, Chairman of a number of National Councils and Committees and Head of a number of other Steering Committees.

2. Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, Deputy Secretary of the Government Party Committee

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh

a) Perform the duties of Permanent Deputy Prime Minister.

b) Assist the Prime Minister in monitoring and directing the following areas of work:

- Administrative reform.

- Prevent smuggling and trade fraud.

- Anti-corruption; inspection, settlement of complaints and denunciations.

- Ensure traffic order and safety.

- Crime prevention.

- Amnesty.

- Judicial reform.

- Handle regular issues related to ethnic affairs, religion and emulation and rewards.

- Coordination of work between the Government, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuracy.

c) Assist the Prime Minister in monitoring and directing: Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Government Inspectorate, Ethnic Committee, Government Office, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

d) Act as Head of the Government's Steering Committee for Administrative Reform; Head of the National Steering Committee against Smuggling, Trade Fraud and Counterfeit Goods; Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee; Chairman of the Civil Aviation Security Committee; Head of the Crime Prevention Steering Committee; Chairmen of National Councils and Committees, Heads of other Steering Committees in related fields.

d) On behalf of the Prime Minister, direct the implementation of Government work when the Prime Minister is absent and is authorized by the Prime Minister.

e) Other tasks assigned and authorized by the Prime Minister.

3. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh, Member of the Government Party Committee

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh

a) Directly perform the duties of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

b) Assist the Prime Minister in monitoring and directing the following areas of work:

- Diplomacy and foreign relations (including Party foreign affairs, State and People's diplomacy).

- Official development assistance (ODA) and preferential loan mobilization.

- Foreign non-governmental aid, foreign non-governmental organizations.

- International integration; monitoring, directing negotiations and implementation of bilateral and multilateral international commitments (except for the fields specified in Point a, Clause 4 of this Article).

- Vietnam's relations with international and regional organizations.

- Border work and East Sea - Island issues.

- Overseas Vietnamese affairs and foreign issues in Vietnam.

- Human rights issues.

c) Chairman of the Vietnam - Cambodia Intergovernmental Committee, in charge of the Vietnam - Laos Intergovernmental Committee, Head of the State Steering Committee on land border demarcation and marker planting, Head of the Steering Committee on Human Rights, Chairman of the National Councils, Head of other Steering Committees in related fields.

d) Other tasks assigned and authorized by the Prime Minister.

4. Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, Member of the Government Party Committee

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue

a) Assist the Prime Minister in monitoring and directing the following areas of work:

- General economic block, including: Planning; finance, prices; currency, banking; capital market, stock market; financial investment sources; State reserves; forecasting and macroeconomic management policies.

- Arrange and innovate state-owned enterprises.

- International economic integration; monitoring, directing negotiations and implementation of bilateral and multilateral economic agreements.

- Wage and social insurance policies; poverty reduction.

- Developing business types.

- Cooperative economy, cooperatives.

b) Assist the Prime Minister in monitoring and directing: Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, State Bank of Vietnam, National Financial Supervision Committee, Vietnam Social Security, Vietnam Development Bank, Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, State Capital Investment Corporation, Deposit Insurance.

c) Act as Chairman of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council; Head of the Steering Committee for Research and Implementation of State Wage Policy Reform; Head of the Steering Committee for Enterprise Innovation and Development; Head of the Steering Committee for the National Target Program on New Rural Development and Sustainable Poverty Reduction; Chairman of National Councils, Heads of other Steering Committees in related fields.

d) Other tasks assigned and authorized by the Prime Minister.

5. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Member of the Government Party Committee

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam

a) Assist the Prime Minister in monitoring and directing the following areas of work:

- Education, training and vocational training.

- Science and technology.

- Labor, employment and social issues.

- Information and communication.

- Culture; tourism; physical education and sports.

- Health, population, family and children.

b) Assist the Prime Minister in monitoring and directing: Ministry of Education and Training; Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; Ministry of Information and Communications; Ministry of Science and Technology; Ministry of Health; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences; Hanoi National University; Ho Chi Minh City National University.

c) Chairman of the Central Council for National Defense and Security Education; Chairman of the National Council for Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Improvement; Head of the State Steering Committee on Tourism; Head of the Central Inter-sectoral Steering Committee on Food Hygiene and Safety; Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS Prevention and Control, Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control; Chairman of National Councils, Heads of other Steering Committees in related fields.

d) Other tasks assigned and authorized by the Prime Minister.

6. Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, Member of the Government Party Committee

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung

a) Assist the Prime Minister in directly monitoring and directing the following areas of work:

- Industry, agriculture and rural development, trade - import and export, construction, transportation, resources and environment.

- Foreign direct investment (FDI), Vietnam's investment abroad.

- Directing energy security and energy saving.

- National key projects, basic construction investment projects according to the decentralization of the Investment Law and the Public Investment Law.

- Economic zones, industrial zones, export processing zones.

- Flood and storm prevention, search and rescue work.

b) Assist the Prime Minister in monitoring and directing: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

c) Act as Chairman of the National Council on Water Resources; Head of the State Steering Committee for Key Oil and Gas Projects; Head of the Steering Committee for Coordination of Development of Key Economic Zones; Head of the Steering Committee for the National Target Program on Climate Change Response; Head of the Central Steering Committee on Housing Policy and Real Estate Market; Chairman of National Councils, Heads of other Steering Committees in related fields.

d) Other tasks assigned and authorized by the Prime Minister.

This Decision takes effect from the date of signing and promulgation. All previous regulations contrary to this Decision are hereby annulled./.

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