Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs
| Bộ Dân tộc và Tôn giáo (Vietnamese) | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 3 May 1946 |
| Preceding Agency |
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| Type | Ministry-level Agency |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Vietnam |
| Headquarters | 39 Doi Can Street, Ngoc Ha Ward, Hanoi |
| Annual budget | 319.630 millions VND (2018) |
| Agency executives |
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| Website | cema ubdt bdttg moera |
The Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs (Vietnamese: Bộ Dân tộc và Tôn giáo, lit. 'Ministry for Ethnicities and Religions'), formerly Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA; Vietnamese: Uỷ ban Dân tộc, lit. 'Ethnic Committee'), is a government ministry in Vietnam that exercises the functions of state management on ethnic and religious affairs nationwide. The ministry is headed by a minister. The current Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs is Đào Ngọc Dung, appointed in 18 February, 2025.[1]
Departments
- Department of Policies on Ethnic Minority
- Department of Ethnic Minority Affairs for the Northwest Region (Local Affairs Department I)
- Department of Ethnic Minority Affairs for the Central Highlands (Local Affairs Department II)
- Department of Ethnic Minority Affairs for the Mekong Delta (Local Affairs Department III)
- Department of Propaganda
- Department of Ethnic Minorities
- Department of General Affairs
- Department of Legal Affairs
- Department of International Cooperation
- Department of Organisation and Personnel
- Department of Finance and Planning
- Committee Inspectorate
- Committee Office
- Institute for Ethnic Minority Affairs
- Training Institution for Ethnic Minority Officials
- Digital Transformation Centre
- Ethnicity Magazine
- Ethnicity and Development Newspaper
Current leadership
- Minister: Đào Ngọc Dung, Central Committee member
- Deputy Minister:
- Y Vinh Tơr, Central Committee alternate member[2]
- Y Thông
- Nông Thị Hà
- Nguyễn Hải Trung
List of Ministers
| No. | Name | Term | Ethnicity | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoàng Văn Phùng | 1946–1955 | Tày | Director of Ethnic Minorities Department |
| 2 | Bùi San | 1955–1959 | Kinh | Head of the Central Ethnic Minorities Subcommittee |
| 3 | Chu Văn Tấn | 1959–1960 | Nùng | Head of the Central Ethnic Committee, Chairman of the Government Ethnic Committee |
| 4 | Lê Quảng Ba | 1960–1976 | Tày | Head of the Central Ethnic Committee, Chairman of the Government Ethnic Committee |
| 5 | Vũ Lập | 1976–1979 | Tày | Head of the Central Ethnic Committee, Chairman of the Government Ethnic Committee |
| 6 | Hoàng Văn Kiểu | 1979–1982 | Tày | Head of the Central Ethnic Committee, Chairman of the Government Ethnic Committee |
| 7 | Hoàng Trường Minh | 1982–1989 | Tày | Central Ethnic Committee School |
| 8 | Nông Đức Mạnh | 1989–1992 | Tày | Central Ethnic Committee School |
| 9 | Hoàng Đức Nghi | 1992–2002 | Tày | Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas |
| 10 | Ksor Phước | 2002–2007 | Jarai | Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee |
| 11 | Giàng Seo Phử | 2007–2016 | Hmong | Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee |
| 12 | Đỗ Văn Chiến | 2016–2021 | Sán Dìu | Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee |
| 13 | Hầu A Lềnh | 2021–2025 | Hmong | Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee |
| 14 | Đào Ngọc Dung | 2025–current | Kinh | Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs |
References
- ^ Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus) (9 April 2021). "Minister-Chairman of Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs Hau A Lenh". Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus) (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Thủ tướng bổ nhiệm ông Y Vinh Tơr giữ chức Phó Chủ nhiệm Ủy ban Dân tộc". laodong.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 10 December 2024.