The Government has just issued Decree No. 41/2025/ND-CP stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions.
According to the Decree, the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions is a Government agency performing the state management function in the following sectors and fields: Ethnic affairs; beliefs and religions and state management of public services in the sectors and fields under the state management of the Ministry according to the provisions of law.
Duties and Powers
Decree 41/2025/ND-CP clearly states that the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions performs the tasks and powers prescribed in the Law on Government Organization, Government regulations on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of ministries and ministerial-level agencies and performs the following specific tasks and powers:
Submit to the Government draft laws, draft resolutions of the National Assembly, draft ordinances, draft resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee, draft decrees of the Government according to the Government's annual law-making program and plan, and resolutions, projects, and proposals as assigned by the Government and the Prime Minister.
Submit to the Government and the Prime Minister to submit to the National Assembly for promulgation of ethnic policies, belief and religious policies within the scope of state management of the Ministry.
Submit to the Government and the Prime Minister strategies, planning, long-term, medium-term, annual development plans and important national projects and works in the field of state management of the Ministry.
Submit to the Prime Minister draft decisions, directives, national target programs and other documents within the scope of state management of the ministry or as assigned by the Government or Prime Minister.
Issue circulars, decisions, directives and other documents within the scope of state management of the ministry.
Regarding ethnic affairs , the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions submits to the Government and the Prime Minister for promulgation specific policies, programs, projects, and plans for socio-economic development in communes, villages, and hamlets with difficult socio-economic conditions, especially difficult conditions in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, border communes, and safe zone communes; investment policies and support for stabilizing the lives of ethnic minorities; policies and projects to support people in extremely difficult areas; policies and projects to preserve and develop ethnic minority groups with very few people, ethnic minorities still facing many difficulties, and ethnic minorities with special difficulties.
Submit to the Government and the Prime Minister policies for prestigious people among ethnic minorities; submit to competent authorities for promulgation policies on human resource development, attracting and increasing cadres, civil servants and public employees working in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; policies on improving people's knowledge, training, fostering and using cadres who are ethnic minorities, specific policies for cadres and civil servants in the system of agencies working on ethnic affairs; policies for ethnic minorities to exercise their right to use their language and writing, preserve their ethnic identity, customs, traditions and culture; policies on investment and development of educational and training facilities to meet the educational and training needs of ethnic minority and mountainous areas.
Submit to competent authorities for promulgation or promulgate under their authority criteria for delimiting ethnic minority and mountainous areas according to development level, list of delimiting communes and villages in ethnic minority and mountainous areas according to development level; criteria for identifying ethnic minorities that still face many difficulties or have specific difficulties.
At the same time, coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies in planning the allocation of investment resources for socio-economic development and other resources for localities in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; propose and participate in the appraisal of programs, projects, plans and policies related to ethnic minority and mountainous areas according to the provisions of law; perform management tasks for specialized schools and other educational institutions when assigned by competent authorities according to the provisions of law.
Regarding beliefs and religions, the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions has the task of assisting the Government in unifying the state management of beliefs and religions in accordance with the provisions of law; organizing the implementation of the Party's guidelines, the State's legal policies, strategies, plans, programs, projects on beliefs and religions or related to beliefs and religions after being issued or approved by competent authorities; acting as a contact point with domestic and international religious organizations, religious diplomacy and human rights struggle in the field of religion; promoting the strengthening of great solidarity in religious communities in Vietnam; guiding religious communities, organizations and individuals to operate in accordance with the provisions of law.
To preside over and coordinate with ministries, branches, localities, central agencies of socio-political organizations and relevant organizations to inform, propagate and mobilize the masses to implement the Party's guidelines and the State's laws and policies on beliefs and religions.
Unified management of publishing publications, scriptures, works, teaching materials, and purely religious cultural products of religious communities and religious organizations permitted to operate by the State.
The Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions directs and guides the development of advanced models, which are exemplary collectives, individuals, and prestigious people among ethnic minorities; rewards according to its authority or proposes to competent authorities to reward exemplary collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in labor, production, construction, socio-economic development, maintaining security and order, and exemplary implementation of the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; rewards according to its authority or proposes to competent authorities to reward and apply regimes and policies to organizations and individuals participating in belief and religious activities.
Direct, guide and take responsibility for organizing the implementation of legal documents, strategies, planning, plans, policies, programs, projects, proposals, national target programs, important national works, decisions and directives that have been issued or approved within the scope of state management of the Ministry. Inspect legal documents issued by ministries, People's Councils, People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities related to the field of ethnic, belief and religious affairs; participate in the development of legal documents related to ethnic, belief and religious policies according to the provisions of law.
International cooperation in areas under the state management of the Ministry according to the provisions of law; attracting resources to support investment in the development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, areas with difficult and especially difficult socio-economic conditions according to the provisions of law; managing, directing or participating in the implementation of programs and projects sponsored by foreign countries and international organizations, investing in ethnic minority and mountainous areas according to the provisions of law.
Inspect and examine the implementation of policies and laws; resolve complaints, denunciations and recommendations of citizens; prevent and combat corruption, negativity, waste and handle violations of the law in areas under the state management of the Ministry according to the provisions of law.
Manage the organization, civil servant payroll, number of civil servants, job positions, civil servant rank structure, civil servant structure by professional title; decide on appointment, reappointment, transfer, rotation, secondment, resignation, dismissal, removal from office, reward, discipline, termination, retirement, salary regime and policies on treatment, training, and development of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers of the ministry according to regulations...
Organizational structure
The Decree stipulates the organizational structure of the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, including: 1- Department of Planning and Finance; 2- Department of Organization and Personnel; 3- Department of Legislation; 4- Department of International Cooperation; 5- Inspectorate; 6- Office; 7- Government Committee for Religious Affairs; 8- Department of Propaganda for Ethnic and Religious Affairs; 9- Department of Policy; 10- Center for Digital Transformation; 11- Academy of Ethnic Minorities; 12- Ethnic and Development Newspaper; 13- Journal of Ethnic and Religious Studies.
Units 1 to 9 are units assisting the Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions in performing state management functions; units 10 to 13 are public service units serving the state management functions of the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions.
The Government Committee for Religious Affairs is a department-level organization, with an organizational structure consisting of 7 department-level units; the Ministry Office and the Ministry Inspectorate have department-level units according to regulations.
The Department of Propaganda for Ethnic and Religious Affairs has two divisions headquartered in Dak Lak province and Can Tho city.
The Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions shall submit to the Prime Minister for promulgation a list of other public service units under the ministry according to regulations.
This Decree takes effect from March 1, 2025; replaces Decree No. 66/2022/ND-CP dated September 20, 2022 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ethnic Committee; annuls Clause 14, Article 2 of Decree No. 63/2022/ND-CP dated September 12, 2022 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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