The Government issued Decree No. 42/2025/ND-CP dated February 27, 2025 stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health.
According to the Decree, the Ministry of Health is a Government agency, performing the function of state management in the following fields: Preventive medicine; medical examination, treatment, rehabilitation; medical examination, forensic medicine, forensic psychiatry; mothers and children; population; prevention and control of social evils (except for drug addiction treatment and post-drug addiction treatment management); social protection; traditional medicine and pharmacy; pharmaceuticals and cosmetics; food safety; medical equipment; health insurance and state management of public services in the fields under the state management of the Ministry of Health.
* Duties and powers of the Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health perform tasks and powers as prescribed in the Law on Organization of the Government, Government regulations on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of ministries and ministerial-level agencies and perform 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 and resolutions of the Government according to the approved annual law-making programs and plans of the Ministry of Health and programs, projects and proposals as assigned by the Government and the Prime Minister; submit to the Government and the Prime Minister for approval strategies, planning, long-term, medium-term and annual development plans and important national programs, projects and works in areas under the state management of the Ministry of Health.
Submit to the Prime Minister draft decisions, directives and other documents on areas under the state management of the Ministry of Health or as assigned.
Issue circulars, decisions, directives and other documents on state management of areas under the state management of the Ministry of Health.
Direct, guide, and organize the implementation of legal documents, strategies, planning, plans, national target programs, programs, projects, and important national works after approval; inspect, review, systematize, consolidate, and codify the system of legal documents, propagate, disseminate, educate on the law, and monitor the implementation of the law in areas under the state management of the Ministry of Health.
Develop, promulgate or submit to competent authorities for promulgation professional regulations, national standards, national technical regulations, economic and technical norms on: Monitoring, prevention and control of infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases, occupational diseases, accidents and injuries; vaccination; biosafety in medical laboratories; border medical quarantine; environmental health and hygiene, occupational hygiene, health and hygiene of agencies and schools; community nutrition; prevention and control of harmful effects of tobacco; prevention and control of harmful effects of alcohol and beer; quality of clean water used for domestic purposes; management of chemicals, insecticides and disinfectants used in the household and medical fields...
Develop, promulgate or submit to competent authorities for promulgation regulations on technical expertise, national standards, national technical regulations, economic and technical norms, quality criteria on: Medical examination, treatment, out-of-hospital emergency, blood transfusion safety, nursing, rehabilitation, clinical pharmacy, clinical nutrition, infection control; cosmetic surgery; donation, collection, transplantation of human tissues and organs; medical examination, forensic examination, forensic psychiatric examination according to the provisions of law...
* Organizational structure of the Ministry of Health:
The Decree clearly states that the organizational structure of the Ministry of Health consists of 20 units, including: Department of Health Insurance; Department of Organization and Personnel; Department of Planning and Finance; Department of Legal Affairs; Department of International Cooperation; Ministry Office; Ministry Inspectorate; Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management; Department of Traditional Medicine and Pharmacy Management; Department of Drug Administration; Department of Food Safety; Department of Infrastructure and Medical Equipment; Department of Science, Technology and Training; Department of Population; Department of Disease Prevention; Department of Mothers and Children; Department of Social Protection; Institute of Health Strategy and Policy; National Health Information Center; Health and Life Newspaper.
The organizations specified from 1 to 17 are organizations that assist the Minister in performing state management functions; the organizations specified from 18 to 20 are public service units serving the state management functions of the Ministry of Health.
The Minister of Health shall submit to the Prime Minister for promulgation a list of other public service units under the Ministry of Health according to regulations.
The Minister of Health issues a decision stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of organizations and units under the Ministry of Health.
This Decree comes into force from March 1, 2025.
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