Working regime, form of operation of the Government of Vietnam

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1. Working regime of the Government in Vietnam

- Working regime of the Government and each cabinet member

- The working regime of the Government and each cabinet member shall adhere to the principle of combining collective powers and responsibilities of the Government with sole powers and responsibilities of the Prime Minister and each cabinet member.

- The Government shall work under the collective working regime and the majority rule.

- The Government shall promulgate its own working regime.

(Article 43 of the Law on Organization of Government 2015)

2. Forms of the Government’s operations

- The Government shall convene the regular meeting session once a month or the thematic meeting or meeting to handle unexpected issues under the Prime Minister's decision or as requested by the President of Vietnam or at least one thirds of total cabinet members.

- In case the Government does not convene the meeting, the Prime Minister shall decide to ask for written opinions from its members.

- The Government shall convene the meeting as requested by the President of Vietnam to discuss issues that the President of Vietnam finds it necessary to perform duties and powers of the President.

(Article 44 of the Law on Organization of Government 2015, Clause 5, Article 1 of Law on Government Organization and Law on Local Government Organization amended 2019)

4. Working principles of the Government of Vietnam

- All activities of the Government must comply with regulations of the Constitution and law, submit to the Party Communist’s leadership and ensure democratic centralism. The Government works according to the regime for combining the power and responsibility of the Government collective with the power and responsibility of the Prime Minister and every Cabinet member. The Government shall make decisions under the majority rule on the issues within power of the Government. 

- Heighten Cabinet members, heads of ministries, agencies and local authorities’ sense of personal responsibility and responsibility for setting good. Every task is only assigned to a person who shall preside over and take responsibility for it. For a task assigned to a Ministry, agency or provincial People’s Committee, the Minister, the head of the agency or chairperson of the provincial People’s Committee shall assume the responsibility for it.

- Proactively perform tasks intra vires, in accordance with procedures, regulations of law and Government’s Working Regulations. Facilitate cooperation and information exchange and promote unity upon performance of tasks by the Government.

- Carry out duty assignment, decentralization, authority delegation or authorization in accordance with laws, individualize responsibilities in association with strengthening supervision, inspection and control of power, ensuring centralized leadership and uniform management under the authority of the Government. Promote proactiveness and creativity of heads of ministries, agencies and local authorities.

- Exercise strict discipline and administrative discipline; subordinates obey, strictly submit to the leadership, direction and command by superiors.

- Publicize, transparentize and innovate new activities of the Government, ministries, ministerial agencies and state administrative agencies at all levels; implement a uniform, uninterrupted, continuous, democratic, modern, upright, effective and efficient administration system that serves the People and submits to their inspection and supervision.

(Article 2 of the Government's working regulations promulgated together with Decree 39/2022/ND-CP)

5. Position and functions of the Government of Vietnam

The Government is the highest administrative organ of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, exercises the executive powers and is the executive branch of the National Assembly.

The Government shall be held accountable to the National Assembly and responsible to the National Assembly, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly and the President.

(Article 1 of the Law on Organization of Government 2015)

Diem My

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