Prime Minister of Vietnam

The Prime Minister of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Thủ tướng Việt Nam), officially styled Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic (Vietnamese: Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa), is the head of government of Vietnam. He works over the meetings of the Central Government. The prime minister directs the work of government members, and may propose deputy prime ministers to the National Assembly.^[2]

Prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
Emblem of Vietnam
Incumbent Phạm Minh Chính since 5 April 2021
Office of the Prime Minister
Style	His Excellency (in international correspondence)
Member of	National Assembly of Vietnam Central Military Commission Central Police Party Committee
Reports to	President National Assembly of Vietnam
Appointer	National Assembly of Vietnam
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Ho Chi Minh
Formation	2 September 1945
Salary	VND 15,125,000 monthly[1]
Website	primeminister.chinhphu.vn

The current prime minister Phạm Minh Chính since 2021.

Roles

The head of government is responsible to the National Assembly and serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Council for Defence and Security. Moreover, prime minister is also Chairman of the Council for National Education, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission and the Central Police Party Committee.

List

  Denotes Acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers/Prime Minister

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Position	Political party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1		Phạm Văn Đồng (1906–2000)	2 July 1976	18 June 1987	10 years, 349 days	Prime Minister (until 1981) Chairman of the Council of Ministers (since 1981)	Communist Party of Vietnam
2		Phạm Hùng (1912–1988)	18 June 1987	10 March 1988	273 days	Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers cum Minister of Home Affairs (now the Ministry of Public Security) Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Communist Party of Vietnam
3		Đỗ Mười (1917–2018)	22 June 1988	8 August 1991	3 years, 47 days	Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Communist Party of Vietnam
—		Võ Văn Kiệt (1922–2008)	10 March 1988	22 June 1988	104 days	Acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Communist Party of Vietnam
4			8 August 1991	25 September 1997	6 years, 48 days	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (until 1992) Prime Minister (since 1992)
5		Phan Văn Khải (1933–2018)	25 September 1997	27 June 2006	8 years, 275 days	Prime Minister	Communist Party of Vietnam
6		Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949–)	27 June 2006	6 April 2016	9 years, 284 days	Prime Minister	Communist Party of Vietnam
7		Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954–)	7 April 2016	5 April 2021	4 years, 363 days	Prime Minister	Communist Party of Vietnam
8		Police lieutenant general Phạm Minh Chính (1958–)	5 April 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 46 days	Prime Minister	Communist Party of Vietnam

Living former prime ministers

• 
  Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
  served 2016-2021
  (1954-07-20) July 20, 1954 (age 70)