NA approves new Deputy PMs, Ministers, Cabinet members

                                                           New Vietnam Cabinet
The National Assembly voted to approve the Prime Minister’s appointment of three Deputy Prime Ministers and 18 Ministers and Cabinet members on April 9 morning, during the ongoing 11th and the last session of the 13th legislature in Hanoi.

The following is the election result:

- 442 deputies (89.47 percent of the total deputies) approved the appointment of Politburo member Truong Hoa Binh as Deputy Prime Minister.

- 442 deputies (89.47 percent of the total deputies) approved the appointment of Politburo member Vuong Dinh Hue, head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, as Deputy Prime Minister.

- 404 deputies (81.78 percent of the total deputies) approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Trinh Dinh Dung as Deputy Prime Minister.

- 463 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Do Van Chien – Deputy Minister and Vice Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Affairs, as Minister - Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Affairs.

- 462 deputies approved the appointment of Politburo member Ngo Xuan Lich, Director of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army, as Minister of National Defence.

- 459 deputies approved the appointment of Politburo member To Lam, Deputy Minister of Public Security, as Minister of Public Security.

- 435 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Chu Ngoc Anh – Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, as Minister of Science and Technology.

- 434 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Pham Hong Ha, Deputy Minister of Construction, as Minister of Construction.

- 433 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Ngoc Thien – Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, as Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

- 424 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Truong Minh Tuan – Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, as Minister of Information and Communications.

- 422 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Tran Tuan Anh – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, as Minister of Industry and Trade.

- 420 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Tran Hong Ha – Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

- 419 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Chi Dung – Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, as Minister of Planning and Investment.

- 416 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Truong Quang Nghia - Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, as Minister of Transport.

- 403 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Le Minh Hung – Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Office, as Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam.

- 389 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Mai Tien Dung – Secretary of the Party Committee of Ha Nam province and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, as Minister - Chairman of the Government Office.

- 386 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Phung Xuan Nha - Director of the Vietnam National University – Hanoi, as Minister of Education and Training.

- 385 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Le Vinh Tan – Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, as Minister of Home Affairs.

- 385 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Le Thanh Long – Deputy Minister of Justice, as Minister of Justice.

- 358 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Phan Van Sau – Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, as Government Inspector General.

- 300 deputies approved the appointment of member of the Party Central Committee Dao Ngoc Dung – Secretary of the Party Committee of Bloc of Central Agencies, as Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

With 93.12 percent of approval votes, the NA adopted a Resolution ratifying the Prime Minister’s proposal on appointing several Deputy Prime Ministers.

The parliament also passed a Resolution ratifying the Prime Minister’s proposal of appointing a number of Ministers and other Cabinet members with 93.31 percent of votes.-VNA