Duties and powers of Ministers and Heads of Ministry-level agencies of Vietnam

Specifically, according to the Law on Government Organization 2015 of Vietnam, duties and powers of Ministers and Heads of Ministry-level agencies as head persons of Ministries and Ministry-level agencies are as follows:

- Lead, direct and take sole responsibility for all aspects of work of Ministries and Ministry-level agencies; direct their affiliates to execute approved strategies, proposals, plans, programs or projects, and implement duties of Ministries and Ministry-level agencies assigned by the Government.

- Decide within their jurisdiction or request the Government and the Prime Minister to decide issues under the functions, duties and powers of Ministries and Ministry-level agencies of which they are head persons.

- Request the Prime Minister to appoint, discharge, dismiss or accept the resignation of Deputy Ministers or Vice Heads of Ministry-level agencies.

- Issue legislative documents within their jurisdiction so as to perform functions or duties of state management of assigned industries and sectors; issue or request the Prime Minister to issue the policies on development of assigned industries or sectors.

- Carry out the recruitment, appointment, discharge, dismissal, dispatch, alternation, assessment, planning, training, nurturing, rewarding and punishment of officials, civil servants and public employees, and decentralize powers to manage civil servants and public employees working for affiliates in accordance with legal regulations.

- Decide the decentralization of powers to local governments to perform certain duties relating to industries or sectors within their remit; decentralize and delegate powers to affiliated organizations or agencies.

- Decide programs for scientific and technological researches, and application of scientific or technological advances; standards, procedures and regulations as well as economic-technical norms in specific industries and sectors within their jurisdiction.

- Decide establishment of interdisciplinary organizations and public non-business organizations in accordance with laws.

- Appoint, discharge, dismiss, accept the resignation of, suspend, reward and punish head persons and their deputies of affiliates.

- Lead and direct inspection and examination of the implementation of legal regulations in industries or sectors in the nation.

- Manage and organize effective use of offices, assets and instruments used for work, allocated funds and state budgets; decide measures to prevent and combat corruption and carry out thrift practices and avoid extravagance as well as bureaucracy, imperious and authoritarian behaviors in assigned industries and sectors.

- Lead and direct the implementation of administrative and civil service reforms in industries or sectors that fall within the state management of Ministries or Ministry-level agencies.

- Proactively build a firm cooperation with organs of the Communist Party, the National Assembly, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and central organs of socio-political organizations; give explanations for issues that the Ethnic Council and Committees of the National Assembly are interested in; answer questions posed by the National Assembly's elected deputies, recommendations of the electorate and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and socio-political organizations in relation to issues that fall within their remit.

- Perform other duties delegated by the Government and the Prime Minister.

This is a content specified in Article 34 of the Law on Government Organization 2015 of Vietnam.

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