National Assembly approves structure of 13th tenure government
The National Assembly (NA) on August 2 adopted a resolution ratifying the government structure formed by the 13th NA.
Accordingly, the new government has a personnel structure basically similar to the preceding one.
It includes 18 ministries: the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Information and Communications, Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs, Ministry of Education and Training, and Ministry of Health.
There are four ministerial-level agencies, including the Ethnic Minority Committee, the State Bank of Vietnam, the Inspectorate, and the Government Office.
On behalf of the government, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung submitted to the NA a proposal on appointment of deputy prime ministers, ministers and other cabinet members.
The new government has four deputy prime ministers.
The two new candidates nominated by Mr Dung for the position of deputy prime minister are Vu Van Ninh (current finance minister) and Nguyen Van Phuc (current head of the government office). Hoang Trung Hai and Nguyen Thien Nhan were proposed to retain their position as deputy prime minister in the previous government.
Also on the morning of August 2, the NA elected Dinh Tien Dung as the State Chief Auditor.
Born in 1961, Dinh Tien Dung used to be Secretary of the Ninh Binh provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Dien Bien provincial People’s Committee and Deputy Minister of Construction.