The Government of Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, officially the Government of the 14th National Assembly (Chính phủ nhiệm kỳ Quốc hội khóa XIV) was the 42nd Government of Vietnam.
The government was led by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, who was elected at the 11th working session of the 13th National Assembly term on 7 April 2016. He was re-elected to serve during the 14th National Assembly term.
On 5 April 2021, Phúc was elected President of Vietnam, with Phạm Minh Chính as his Prime Minister, ending the term of the Nguyễn Xuân Phúc government.
Background In January 2016, then-Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, who had served since 2006, was nominated for re-election to the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Following the Congress and its personnel arrangements, Dũng was removed from office by the National Assembly on 6 April, three months before his second five-year term officially ended. At the 11th working session of the 14th National Assembly on 7 April, Phúc, then-Permanent Deputy Prime Minister, was elected Prime Minister, receiving 90.28% of the votes.
Later that year, on 22 May, legislative elections were held nationwide to elect the 500 members of the National Assembly with a voter turnout rate that exceeded 99%. At the first session of the 14th National Assembly, which began on 20 July, Phúc was re-elected by the body to hold the position of Prime Minister for the 2016–2021 term on 26 July, with 485 votes, or 98.18% of the deputies. The National Assembly subsequently approved a government structure consisting of 27 members for the 2016–2021 term.
Cabinet Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers The Government was headed by a prime minister () and deputy prime ministers (), one of whom was designated as the permanent deputy prime minister (). Each deputy prime minister was responsible for one particular field of the administration.
+Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers of the 14th GovernmentOfficeOfficeholderTook officeLeft officeRefPortraitNamePrime MinisterNguyễn Xuân Phúc7 April 20165 April 2021Permanent Deputy Prime MinisterTrương Hòa Bình16 August 201628 July 2021Deputy Prime MinistersVương Đình Huệ9 April 201611 June 2020Phạm Bình Minh13 November 20135 January 2023Vũ Đức Đam13 November 20135 January 2023Trịnh Đình Dũng9 April 20168 April 2021
Ministerial-level offices There were 18 ministries; each was headed by a minister (), and 4 ministry-level agencies; each was headed by a ministerial-level leader (), including:
Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, headed by a chairman () State Bank of Vietnam, headed by a governor () Government Inspectorate, headed by an inspector-general () Government Office, headed by a chief ()
Status
+Ministerial-level members of the 14th Government#OfficeOfficeholderTook officeLeft officeRefPortraitName1Minister of National DefenceArmy generalNgô Xuân Lịch9 April 20167 April 20212Minister of Public SecurityGeneralTô Lâm9 April 201622 May 20243Minister of Foreign AffairsPhạm Bình Minh3 August 20117 April 20214Minister of Home AffairsLê Vĩnh Tân9 April 20167 April 20215Minister of JusticeLê Thành Long9 April 201626 August 20246Minister of Planning and InvestmentNguyễn Chí Dũng9 April 201618 February 2025(ministry dissolved)7Minister of FinanceĐinh Tiến Dũng24 May 20137 April 20218Minister of Industry and TradeTrần Tuấn Anh9 April 20167 April 20219Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentCao Đức Phát3 November 200427 July 2016Nguyễn Xuân Cường28 July 20167 April 202110Minister of TransportTrương Quang Nghĩa9 April 201626 October 2017Nguyễn Văn Thể26 October 201721 October 202211Minister of ConstructionPhạm Hồng Hà9 April 20167 April 202112Minister of Natural Resources and EnvironmentTrần Hồng Hà9 April 201622 May 202313Minister of Information and CommunicationsTrương Minh Tuấn9 April 201623 October 2018Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng27 July 201823 October 201824 October 201818 February 2025(ministry dissolved)14Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social AffairsĐào Ngọc Dung9 April 201618 February 2025(ministry dissolved)15Minister of Culture, Sports and TourismNguyễn Ngọc Thiện9 April 20167 April 202116Minister of Science and TechnologyChu Ngọc Anh9 April 201612 November 2020Huỳnh Thành Đạt12 November 202018 February 202517Minister of Education and TrainingPhùng Xuân Nhạ9 April 20167 April 202118Minister of HealthNguyễn Thị Kim Tiến3 August 201122 November 2019''VacantNguyễn Thanh Long7 July 202012 November 202012 November 20207 June 202219Chairman of the Committee on Ethnic Minority AffairsĐỗ Văn Chiến9 April 20167 April 202120Governor of the State BankLê Minh Hưng9 April 201612 November 2020Nguyễn Thị Hồng12 November 20208 April 202621Inspector-General of the Government InspectoratePhan Văn Sáu9 April 201626 October 2017Lê Minh Khái26 October 20177 April 202122Chief of the Government OfficeMai Tiến Dũng9 April 20167 April 2021
Changes 2016 28 July: Cao Đức Phát left office as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development when the National Assembly constituted the 2016–2021 government. Nguyễn Xuân Cường, then-Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, was appointed as Minister. 2017 26 October: Trương Quang Nghĩa left office as Minister of Transport to become Secretary of the Đà Nẵng Party Committee. Nguyễn Văn Thể, then-Secretary of the Sóc Trăng Provincial Party Committee, was appointed as Minister of Transport. Phan Văn Sáu left office as Inspector-General of the Government Inspectorate to become Secretary of the Sóc Trăng Provincial Party Committee. Lê Minh Khái, then-Secretary of the Bạc Liêu Provincial Party Committee, was appointed as Inspector-General of the Government Inspectorate. 2018 27 July: Trương Minh Tuấn was suspended of his duties as Minister of Information and Communications by the National Assembly. Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, then-Chairman and CEO of Viettel, was appointed as Acting Minister of Information and Communications. 28 October: Trương Minh Tuấn was formally removed as Minister of Information and Communications. Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, who had acted as Minister of Information and Communications since July, was appointed as Minister. 2019 22 November: Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến left office as Minister of Health after reaching retirement age and was subsequently appointed as Head of the Central Committee for Protection and Healthcare of Officials. 2020 11 June: Vương Đình Huệ left office as a Deputy Prime Minister to become Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee. 7 July: Nguyễn Thanh Long, then-Deputy Minister of Health, was appointed as Acting Minister. 12 November: Chu Ngọc Anh left office as Minister of Science and Technology to become Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee. Huỳnh Thành Đạt, then-President of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, is appointed as Minister of Science and Technology. Lê Minh Hưng left office as Governor of the State Bank to become Chief of the Party Central Committee Office. Nguyễn Thị Hồng, then-Deputy Governor of the State Bank, was appointed as Governor. Nguyễn Thanh Long, then-Acting Minister of Health, was appointed as Minister. Notes
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