What is the population of Vietnam in 2024? What is the State apparatus of Vietnam under the 2013 Constitution? Who is the Head of State?
What is the population of Vietnam in 2024?
According to information recorded by the General Statistics Office in the report on the socio-economic situation in the fourth quarter and 2023, dated December 29, 2023, including content about the current population of Vietnam, by the end of 2023, Vietnam's average population is estimated at 100.3 million people, an increase of about 834.8 thousand people (0.84%) compared to 2022.
In which, the urban population is 38.2 million people, accounting for more than 38%; the rural population of more than 62 million people, accounting for nearly 62%; male 50 million, accounting for 49.9%; female 50.3 million, accounting for 50.1%.
The above contents are some information about the population of Vietnam.
Source: General Statistics Office website
What is the State apparatus of Vietnam under the 2013 Constitution?
Under the 2013 Constitution, the State apparatus of Vietnam includes the National Assembly of Vietnam, the State President, the Government, the People's Court, the People's Procuracy, and local authorities.
National Assembly of Vietnam:
In the State apparatus of Vietnam, The National Assembly of Vietnam is the highest representative body of the People and the highest state power body of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
The National Assembly of Vietnam shall exercise constitutional and legislative powers, decide on important issues for the country, and conduct supreme oversight over the activities of the State.
State President:
The State President shall be elected by the National Assembly from among its deputies.
The State President is responsible and shall report on his or her work, to the National Assembly.
His or her term of office follows the term of the National Assembly. At the expiration of the term of the National Assembly, the President shall remain in office until a new President is elected by the succeeding National Assembly.
Government:
In the State apparatus of Vietnam, The Government is the highest state administrative body of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, shall exercise executive power, and is the executive body of the National Assembly.
The Government is responsible to the National Assembly and shall report on its work to the National Assembly, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, and the President.
The Government is composed of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, and Heads of ministerial-level agencies.
The structure and number of members of the Government shall be decided by the National Assembly.
The Government shall work on a collegial basis and make its decisions by a vote of the majority.
- The Prime Minister is the head of the Government and responsible to the National Assembly for the work of the Government and assigned tasks; and shall report on the work of the Government and the Prime Minister to the National Assembly, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly and the President.
- Deputy Prime Ministers shall assist the Prime Minister in his or her work as assigned by the Prime Minister and are responsible to the Prime Minister for their assigned tasks. In the absence of the Prime Minister, a Deputy Prime Minister delegated by the Prime Minister shall lead the work of the Government on behalf of the Prime Minister.
- Ministers and Heads of ministerial-level agencies are personally responsible to the Prime Minister, Government and National Assembly for the sectors and fields under their charge and, together with other members of Government, shall assume the collective responsibility for the work of the Government.
People's Court:
The People’s Courts are the judicial bodies of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and exercise judicial power.
The People’s Courts include the Supreme People’s Court and other Courts prescribed by law.
The People’s Courts must safeguard justice, human rights, citizens’ rights, the socialist regime, the interests of the State, and the lawful rights and interests of organizations and individuals.
People's Procuracy:
The People’s Procuracies shall exercise the power to prosecute and supervise judicial activities. The People’s Procuracies include the Supreme People’s Procuracy and other Procuracies as prescribed by law.
The People’s Procuracies must safeguard the law, human rights, citizens’ rights, the socialist regime, the interests of the State, and the lawful rights and interests of organizations and individuals, thus contributing to ensuring the strict and unified observance of the law.
Local government:
Local governments shall be organized in administrative units of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Currently, Vietnam has 05 centrally run cities including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho, and 58 provinces.
Local government levels composed of the People’s Council and People’s Committee shall be organized consistent with the characteristics of the rural areas, urban areas, islands or special administrative-economic units prescribed by a law.
People’s Council:
The People’s Council is the local state power body, representing the will, aspirations and right to mastery of the local People, shall be elected by the local People, and is responsible to the local People and state agencies at higher levels.
The People’s Council shall decide on local issues as prescribed by a law; and supervise the observance of the Constitution and law in its locality and the implementation of its own resolutions.
People’s Committee
The People’s Committee at a local administration level, which shall be elected by the People’s Council of the same level, is the executive body of the respective People’s Council and is the local state administrative body, and is responsible to the People’s Council and state administrative agencies at higher levels.
The People’s Committee shall organize the implementation of the Constitution and law in its locality and the implementation of the resolutions of the People’s Council, and perform the tasks assigned to it by state agencies at higher levels.
Who is the Head of State in Vietnam?
Under Article 86 of the 2013 Constitution as follows:
The President is the Head of State and shall represent the Socialist Republic of Vietnam internally and externally.
Accordingly, the Head of State of Vietnam is the State President.
The person currently holding the position of President of Vietnam is Mr. Vo Van Thuong.
In addition, according to the provisions of the 2013 Constitution, the heads of agencies in the current Vietnamese state apparatus (term 2021-2026) include:
- The current Chairperson of the National Assembly is Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue.
- The current Prime Minister is Mr. Pham Minh Chinh.
- The Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court is Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh.
- The current Director of the Supreme People's Procuracy is Mr. Le Minh Tri.
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