On the morning of October 25, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the ceremony to announce the Decisions to appoint Deputy Prime Ministers: Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Ho Quoc Dung; Ministers of Foreign Affairs , Home Affairs, Agriculture and Environment.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the announcement ceremony - Photo: VGP
Also attending were Politburo members, Party Central Committee Secretaries, Party Central Committee members, Deputy Prime Ministers, Deputy Secretaries of the Government Party Committee, Government members, leaders of ministries, branches, central and local agencies.
At the event, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh announced and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented the President's decisions on personnel appointments. Previously, the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, and the President conducted procedures, approvals, and appointment decisions for 5 members of the Government for the 2021-2026 term.
Accordingly, comrade Pham Thi Thanh Tra, member of the Party Central Committee, holds the position of Deputy Prime Minister; comrade Ho Quoc Dung, member of the Party Central Committee, holds the position of Deputy Prime Minister; comrade Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, holds the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs; comrade Tran Duc Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, holds the position of Minister of Agriculture and Environment; comrade Do Thanh Binh, member of the Party Central Committee, holds the position of Minister of Home Affairs.

The Prime Minister congratulated the comrades who have just been appointed to the positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Ministries for the 2021-2026 term; this demonstrates the Party and State's trust, confidence and great expectations for you, this is an honor and pride - Photo: VGP
Proactive, creative, decision-making within authority
In his speech, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated the comrades who had just been appointed to the positions of Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers for the 2021-2026 term; this demonstrates the Party and State's trust, confidence and great expectations for them, which is an honor and pride.
On behalf of the Government, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully thanked the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, General Secretary To Lam, the National Assembly, and the President for always paying attention to leading, directing, supporting, and accompanying the Government and continuing to pay attention to perfecting the apparatus and supplementing the Government's leadership staff for the 2021-2026 term.
The Prime Minister stated that the comrades approved for appointment today are all well-trained officials, with deep expertise in their fields of work, with strong political and ideological fortitude, exemplary, modest, dynamic, creative, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility for the common interest; with extensive work experience, constantly striving to successfully complete the tasks assigned by the Party, State and people.
Comrade Pham Thi Thanh Tra has nearly 40 years of working experience. As Minister of Home Affairs, she has made positive contributions to the work of building the organizational apparatus, building the team of cadres and civil servants, especially in the recent revolution of "rearranging the country" and operating the two-level local government. With Comrade Pham Thi Thanh Tra, for the first time, the Government has a female Deputy Prime Minister.
Comrade Ho Quoc Dung has 35 years of working experience; trained and matured from a land rich in tradition. Before becoming the new Gia Lai Provincial Party Secretary, he made many important contributions to the cause of socio-economic development, ensuring social security of Binh Dinh province, making the province a bright spot of the country in digital transformation.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh announced and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented the President's decisions on personnel appointments - Photo: VGP
Comrade Le Hoai Trung is a senior leader of the Party, with 43 years of service. He is well-trained and has extensive experience in diplomatic work (State diplomacy, Party foreign affairs, Party work abroad) and strategic advisory work for the Party Central Committee; always demonstrating an exemplary spirit, dedication, and all for the common work.
Comrade Tran Duc Thang has more than 30 years of working experience, holding many different positions both at the Central and local levels. Before returning to the Central level, as the former Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee, he and the provincial leadership team focused on leading and directing Hai Duong to become a province in the high growth group of the Red River Delta, ranking 11th in the country in terms of economic scale by 2024.
Comrade Do Thanh Binh is an official with nearly 40 years of working experience, having held many important leadership positions in the former Kien Giang province, before becoming Secretary of the Can Tho City Party Committee from January 2025. He has made many contributions to making the former Kien Giang province one of the key economic regions of the Mekong Delta and a province strong in marine economy and tourism development.

The Prime Minister presented the decision and flowers to the Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers - Photo: VGP
On behalf of the Government, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the contributions and persistent efforts of comrades in their positions. Regardless of their positions, they have successfully completed their assigned tasks, making important contributions to the common achievements and growth and maturity of the industry, locality, agency and unit.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that this term of the Government is a very special one, with many difficulties and challenges in almost all areas. The situation in the country, the region and the world has many fluctuations, is complicated and unpredictable, with many unprecedented issues, exceeding forecasts. The workload is very large, each year is heavier than the previous year, with higher requirements, while there are many changes in the Government leadership team and members of the Government.
However, under the leadership of the Party, regularly and directly led by the Politburo and the Secretariat, headed by the General Secretary, the participation of the entire political system, the joint efforts and consensus of the people and the business community, and the help of international friends, the results achieved in 2025 and in the 2021-2025 period are very valuable and proud.
The Prime Minister affirmed that there is not much time left from now until the end of the year, the amount of work to be completed is still very large, requiring high quality and ensuring timely progress, the tasks set for the Government are still extremely heavy.
In particular, contributing to building a truly clean and strong Party; taking care to build a contingent of cadres and Party members, especially leaders with enough heart, capacity, talent and strength; tightening discipline, resolutely preventing and fighting corruption, waste and negativity. Focusing on implementing resolutions and conclusions of the Party, the National Assembly, strategic resolutions of the Politburo, and directions of General Secretary To Lam and key leaders.

Delegates attending the decision announcement ceremony - Photo: VGP

Delegates attending the decision announcement ceremony - Photo: VGP
Continuing to build a Government of "development, integrity, decisive action, serving the people", Government members continue to unite, promote the spirit of initiative, creativity, decision-making within authority, according to assigned duties and tasks; strictly implement working regulations, clearly express opinions. Stabilize the organizational apparatus, build a modern, smart, streamlined, efficient, effective and efficient administration.
Prioritize promoting growth, maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, and ensuring major economic balances. Strive for GDP growth of 8.3-8.5% in 2025 and sustainable double-digit growth in the coming years. Enhance strategic autonomy, restructure the economy, innovate the development model towards green, digital, circular, and sharing...
Implement social security well, improve people's lives, manage and use resources effectively, protect the environment, and adapt to climate change. Consolidate and further strengthen national defense and security potential; maintain political security, order, and social safety; promote foreign affairs and international integration, build a peaceful, cooperative, and developing environment. Continue to do well in information and communication work, strengthen the fight on the ideological front, and effectively refute erroneous and hostile viewpoints.
In particular, the Prime Minister stated that from now until the end of the year, there are a number of important and urgent tasks that need to be focused on, including striving to disburse 100% of the public investment plan; preparing to start construction and inaugurate a series of large-scale, key projects on December 19, 2025...
The Prime Minister directed relevant agencies to urgently develop a set of criteria to conduct cadre assessment on the basis of concretizing Regulation No. 366-QD/TW dated August 30, 2025 of the Politburo on reviewing, evaluating and classifying the quality of collectives and individuals in the political system.

The Prime Minister believes and hopes that the new Deputy Prime Ministers and new Ministers will join hands and unite with the Government to inherit and promote the valuable traditions and experiences of the Government... - Photo: VGP
The Prime Minister reiterated that recently, General Secretary To Lam emphasized at the first Government Party Congress the need for fundamental solutions and strategies to overcome and improve the operational efficiency of the Government Party Committee and the Government in the coming term, especially the direction and organization of the government apparatus, so that the country can "step steadily and firmly" into the new era.
The Prime Minister believes and hopes that the new Deputy Prime Ministers and new Ministers will join hands and unite with the Government to unite, inherit and promote the Government's valuable traditions and experiences; promote strengths and working experience, make efforts to contribute, strive even higher on the path of innovation, improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of operations; build a Government and Government members that are pioneers, exemplary leaders, wholeheartedly serving the Fatherland and the people, all for the benefit of the Party, the nation and the people; continue to have "high determination, great efforts, drastic actions", "what is said is done, what is committed must be done, what is done must have specific and quantifiable results".
The Government hopes to continue to receive attention, companionship and support from the Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, headed by General Secretary To Lam, leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly, Fatherland Front, the people and the business community, so that the Government and its members can continue to successfully fulfill the mission, goals and tasks set out in the coming time, contributing to the whole country's steady progress into an era of peace, prosperity, civilization, prosperity, happiness, and progress towards socialism.

On behalf of the appointed comrades, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra stated that the appointed comrades deeply understand that: The greater the honor, the greater the responsibility, honor is the most sacred and noble thing of a leader, serving the Fatherland and serving the people is the most beautiful way of life - Photo: VGP
Serving the Fatherland and serving the people is the most noble way of life.
On behalf of the appointed comrades, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra respectfully expressed her gratitude for the attention and trust of the Politburo, the Secretariat, the National Assembly, the Government and key leaders of the Party and State for choosing and entrusting them with important responsibilities; thanked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Deputy Prime Ministers for their constant attention, direction, trust, and creating conditions for them to be trained and mature; and the comrades, Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, and local leaders for their constant support, assistance, and effective coordination in their working positions.

Leaders of the Ministry of Home Affairs congratulate Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra - Photo: VGP

Binh Dinh province leaders congratulate Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung - Photo: VGP
The Deputy Prime Minister stated that the appointed comrades are deeply aware that: The greater the honor, the greater the responsibility, honor is the most sacred and noble thing of a leader, serving the Fatherland and serving the people is the most beautiful way of life; respectfully and fully accept the opinions of the Prime Minister's speech assigning tasks, with profound and dedicated instructions, both specifically and practically orienting the key tasks in the coming time, and clearly demonstrating the requirements for innovation, creativity, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility for the common interest, contributing to building a "Government of action, integrity, discipline, creativity, efficiency, serving the people".

Leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs congratulate Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung - Photo: VGP

Leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment congratulate Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang - Photo: VGP

Leaders of the Ministry of Home Affairs congratulate Minister of Home Affairs Do Thanh Binh - Photo: VGP
Deeply aware of your responsibility to the Party, State and people, you comrades will strive to work with all your heart and the highest responsibility, and at the same time constantly cultivate and practice revolutionary ethics, strive to learn, be receptive, listen, innovate thinking and working methods with effective and practical products, and together with the Government, successfully complete the tasks, worthy of the trust of the Party, National Assembly, Government and Prime Minister.
The comrades hope to continue to receive the attention, leadership, direction, assistance and facilitation of the leaders of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers and members of the Government to successfully complete the assigned tasks.
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