Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Decision 19 on the assignment of tasks of Deputy Prime Ministers.
Accordingly, following having two more deputy prime ministers, the Government now has four deputy prime ministers: Mr. Le Minh Khai, Mr. Le Van Thanh, Mr. Tran Hong Ha and Mr. Tran Luu Quang.
In which, Mr. Le Van Thanh is absent, so some of the work undertaken by Mr. Thanh has been reassigned to the deputy prime ministers.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai: In charge of general economy and finance
Specifically, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai continued to hold the previously assigned positions. On behalf of the Prime Minister to direct the fields of work, including: the general economic block as planned; finance, price; monetary Bank; capital market, stock market; financial investment sources; State reserve; forecasts and policies for macroeconomic management.
Issues related to the state budget, financial reserve fund, foreign exchange reserve fund, bond issuance, government bonds. Salary policy and social insurance. Enterprise development, collective economy, cooperatives, arrangement and renovation of state-owned enterprises. inspect and settle complaints and denunciations; Anti-corruption.
In addition, Mr. Khai will perform other tasks as assigned and authorized by the Prime Minister.
Directing the settlement of trade-related affairs – import and export, reserve and supply of petrol and oil supply, logistics services; economic zones, industrial parks and export processing zones during the absence of Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha – Photo: VGP
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha: In charge of education, health, technology
New Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha is assigned to monitor and direct the following areas: education, training and vocational training; science and technology, labour, employment and social issues, information and communication; Culture, tourism, sports; health, population, family and children.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha will also direct the settlement of work related to industry, construction, transportation, natural resources and environment. Strategies to respond to climate change; national master planning, regional planning, provincial planning.
Energy assurance, economical and efficient use of energy. National key works; capital construction investment projects. These are the jobs that have been assigned to Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh but assigned to Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha in his absence.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang: In charge of diplomacy, attracting FDI
Meanwhile, new Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang was assigned to monitor and direct the fields of institutional building, building a socialist rule of law state; judicial reform.
Diplomatic activities and foreign relations. Official Development Assistance (ODA) and concessional loan mobilization; foreign non-governmental aid, foreign non-governmental organizations.
Issues related to international integration; monitor and direct the negotiation and implementation of bilateral and multilateral international commitments; ASEAN Single Window, National Single Window and Trade Facilitation; handling international disputes and complaints.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) activities, Vietnam’s investment abroad. – Vietnam’s relations with international and regional organizations; border work and East Sea – Islands issues. Overseas Vietnamese affairs and foreign affairs in Vietnam. Human rights issues.
Other contents such as: Ethnic and religious affairs; poverty reduction; frequent problems of emulation and commendation. Ensuring traffic order and safety. Crime Prevention; preventing and combating smuggling and commercial fraud. Special amnesty. Coordinating work between the Government and the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuracy.
In addition, Mr. Quang was also assigned to act as Chairman of National Councils, Committees, Heads of Steering Committees in related fields, Chairman of the Council for Appraisal of master plans assigned by the Prime Minister to Deputy Prime Minister. General Le Van Thanh during his absence.
