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The Government of Vietnam is the executive arm of the Vietnamese state, and the members of the Government are elected by the National Assembly of Vietnam.
Council of Ministers (1980–1992)
The Vietnamese Council of Ministers was entrusted by the 1980 Constitution with managing and implementing the governmental activities of the state. It is described in that document as "the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the highest executive state body of the highest body of state authority." It is accountable to the National Assembly of Vietnam, and, more directly, to the Vietnamese Council of State when the National Assembly is not in session. Its duties include submitting draft laws, decrees, and other bills to the National Assembly and the Council of State; drafting state plans and budgets and implementing them following the National Assembly's approval; managing the development of the national economy; organizing national defense activities and assuring the preparedness of the armed forces; and organizing and managing the state's foreign relations. Its membership includes a chairman, vice chairman, cabinet ministers, and the heads of state committees, whose terms of office coincide with that of the National Assembly. The Council of Ministers includes its own standing committee, which serves to coordinate and mobilize the council's activities. In 1986 the standing committee was expanded from ten to thirteen members.
Each ministry is headed by a minister, who is assisted by two to twelve deputy ministers. The number and functions of the ministries are not prescribed in the Constitution, but in 1987 there were twenty-three ministries, and a number of other specialized commissions and departments. In apparent response to the call by the Sixth National Party Congress in 1986 for a streamlined bureaucracy, several ministries were merged. The former ministries of agriculture, food, and food industry were joined in a newly created Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry. The ministries of power and mines were merged to form the Ministry of Energy, and a newly created Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Welfare consolidated the duties of three former ministries. The addition of two new ministerial bodies also resulted from the 6th National Party Congress: a Ministry of Information to replace the Vietnam Radio and Television Commission, and a mission for Economic Relations with Foreign Countries to act as a coordinating body for foreign aid.
Cabinet members
| Portfolio | Minister | Central Committee | Politburo | ||
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| Member | Rank | Member | Rank | ||
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | Yes | 34th | Yes | 3rd |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | Yes | 108th | Yes | 14th |
| Hoàng Trung Hải | Yes | 48th | No | — | |
| Vũ Đức Đam | Yes | 96th | No | — | |
| Vũ Văn Ninh | Yes | 99th | No | — | |
| Minister of National Defence | Phùng Quang Thanh | Yes | 113th | Yes | 2nd |
| Minister of Public Security | Trần Đại Quang | Yes | 114th | Yes | 10th |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Phạm Bình Minh | Yes | 84th | No | — |
| Minister of Justice | Hà Hùng Cường | Yes | 24th | No | — |
| Minister of Finance | Đinh Tiến Dũng | Yes | 62nd | No | — |
| Minister of Industry and Trade | Vũ Huy Hoàng | Yes | 60th | No | — |
| Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs | Phạm Thị Hải Chuyền | Yes | 21st | No | — |
| Minister of Transport | Đinh La Thăng | Yes | 137th | No | — |
| Minister of Construction | Trịnh Đình Dũng | Yes | 37th | No | — |
| Minister of Information and Communications | Nguyễn Bắc Son | Yes | 124th | No | — |
| Minister of Education and Training | Phạm Vũ Luận | Yes | 78th | No | — |
| Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Cao Đức Phát | Yes | 102nd | No | — |
| Minister of Planning and Investment | Bùi Quang Vinh | Yes | 170th | No | — |
| Minister of the Interior | Nguyễn Thái Bình | Yes | 8th | No | — |
| Minister of Health | Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến | Yes | 148th | No | — |
| Minister of Science and Technology | Nguyễn Quân | Yes | 117th | No | — |
| Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism | Hoàng Tuấn Anh | Yes | 1st | No | — |
| Minister of Natural Resources and Environment | Nguyễn Minh Quang | Yes | 113th | No | — |
| Head of the Office of the Government | Nguyễn Văn Nên | Yes | 40th | No | — |
| Inspector-General of the Government | Huỳnh Phong Tranh | Yes | 152nd | No | — |
| Governor of the State Bank | Nguyễn Văn Bình | Yes | 10th | No | — |
| Chairman of the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs | Giàng Seo Phử | Yes | 110th | No | — |
