Government Office (Vietnam)

Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Government Office

Văn phòng Chính phủ
Ministry overview
Formed	28 August 1945 (de facto) 26 July 1960 (official)
Preceding Ministry	Prime Minister Palace (1945-1987) Office of Prime Minister Palace (1971-1981) Office of Council of Ministers (1981-1987) Office of Prime Minister Palace (1987-1992) Government Office (1992-present)
Type	Ministry-level Agency
Jurisdiction	Government of Vietnam
Headquarters	1 Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Ngoc Ha Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
Annual budget	Not published
Ministry executives	Trần Văn Sơn, Chief of the Government Office Nguyễn Cao Lục, Nguyễn Sĩ Hiệp, Nguyễn Xuân Thành, Mai Thị Thu Vân, Cao Huy, Deputy Chiefs of the Government Office
Website	vpcp.chinhphu.vn

The Government Office (Vietnamese: Văn phòng Chính phủ - VPCP) is a ministry-level agency in Vietnam that assists the Government and the Prime Minister. The Government Office is headed by a Chief, which is officially designated as the Minister-Chairman of Government Office (Bộ trưởng, Chủ nhiệm Văn phòng Chính phủ), being a minister-level position of the Vietnamese cabinet. The current Chief of the Government Office of Vietnam is Trần Văn Sơn.

The Government Office has several roles and functions, notably:

• To assist the Government in organizing joint activities of the Government
• To assist the Prime Minister in leading, directing and operating activities of the Government and state administrative system from central to local levels
• To provide services for the direction and administration of the Government, the Prime Minister and to provide information to the public under the provisions of law
• To ensure the physical conditions and technical requirements for the activities of the Government and the Prime Minister.

• Department of Complaint, Denunciation and Anti-corruption Monitoring (Department I)
• Department of Internal Affairs (Department II)
• Department of Central and Local Agencies Coordination Monitoring (Department III)
• Department of General Affairs
• Department of State Administrative Organization and Public Affairs
• Department of Legal Affairs
• Department of International Relations
• Department of Economic Sectors
• Department of General Economics
• Department of Science, Education, Culture and Social Affairs
• Department of Enterprise Innovation
• Department of Secretarial and Editorial Affairs
• Department of Administrative Archives
• Department of Organization and Personnel
• Department of Finance and Planning
• Bureau of Management
• Bureau of Administration and Management II
• Informatics Center
• Vietnam Government Portal (VGP)

• Official site