NA gives Vietnam’s defense minister highest confidence vote, education minister lowest

Results of votes of confidence for 44 officials, cast by the National Assembly in Hanoi on Wednesday morning, were announced in the afternoon.

Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang received the most « high confidence » votes – 448, followed by chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue with 437 such votes.

The one with the highest number of « low confidence » votes is Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son with 72 votes, followed by Minister of Science and Technology with 71 votes.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh gets 373 votes of « high confidence », 90 votes of « confidence » and 17 votes of « low confidence », totaling to 480 votes.

The 2023 National Assembly’s confidence vote results:

	Name	Title	High confidence	Confidence	Low confidence
Presidency
1	Vo Thi Anh Xuan	Vice President	410	65	6
National Assembly
2	Vuong Dinh Hue	National Assembly Chairman	437	32	11
3	Tran Thanh Man	National Assembly Standing Vice Chairman	414	63	4
4	Nguyen Khac Dinh	National Assembly Vice Chairman	392	85	3
5	Nguyen Duc Hai	National Assembly Vice Chairman	391	87	2
6	Tran Quang Phuong	National Assembly Vice Chairman	426	49	3
7	Nguyen Thuy Anh	Head of National Assembly’s Social Committee	373	93	14
8	Duong Thanh Binh	Head of the People’s Aspirations Committee	312	154	15
9	Bui Van Cuong	NA General Secretary, head of NA Office	396	80	5
10	Vu Hai Ha	Head of NA Foreign Affairs Committee	367	106	8
11	Y Thanh Ha Nie Kdam	Head of the Ethnic Council	352	116	12
12	Le Quang Huy	Head of the Science, Technology and Environment Committee	375	101	4
13	Le Thi Nga	Head of the NA Judicial Committee	354	83	5
14	Vu Hong Thanh	Head of the NA Economic Committee	365	73	4
15	Nguyen Thi Thanh	Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee	381	55	5
16	Le Tan Toi	Head of the National Defense and Security Committee	361	77	2
17	Hoang Thanh Tung	Head of the Law Committee	365	73	3
18	Nguyen Dac Vinh	Head of the Culture and Education Committee	346	84	12
Government
19	Pham Minh Chinh	Prime Minister	373	90	17
20	Le Minh Khai	Deputy Prime Minister	384	90	6
21	Nguyen Hong Dien	Minister of Industry and Trade	229	189	61
22	Dao Ngoc Dung	Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs	279	164	35
23	Nguyen Chi Dung	Minister of Planning and Investment	312	142	26
24	Huynh Thanh Dat	Minister of Science and Technology	187	222	71
25	Colonel General Phan Van Giang	Minister of National Defense	448	29	4
26	Nguyen Thi Hong	Governor of State Bank of Vietnam	308	143	30
27	Nguyen Manh Hung	Minister of Information and Communication	262	167	52
28	Nguyen Van Hung	Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism	219	200	62
29	Le Minh Hoan	Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development	316	148	17
30	Dao Hong Lan	Minister of Health	239	186	54
31	Colonel General To Lam	Minister of Public Security	329	109	43
32	Hau A Lenh	Minister, Chairman of Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs	260	185	36
33	Le Thanh Long	Minister of Justice	371	102	7
34	Nguyen Thanh Nghi	Minister of Construction	306	152	19
35	Doan Hong Phong	Inspector General of Government Inspectorate	263	195	22
36	Ho Duc Phoc	Minister of Finance	334	119	24
37	Nguyen Kim Sơn	Minister of Education and Training	241	166	72
38	Bui Thanh Son	Minister of Foreign Affairs	370	102	8
39	Tran Van Son	Minister, Chairman of Government Office	328	137	14
40	Nguyen Van Thang	Minister of Transport	237	197	45
41	Pham Thi Thanh Tra	Minister of Home Affairs	353	110	17
Justice
42	Nguyen Hoa Binh	Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court	311	142	28
43	Le Minh Tri	Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy	337	130	11
Auditing
44	Ngo Van Tuan	Auditor General of the State Audit Office	292	173	14

The NA on Tuesday approved the list of 44 people subjected to votes of confidence during the ongoing sixth session, including the president, the vice president, the chairperson and vice chairpersons of the NA, members of the NA Standing Committee, the NA Secretary General, the chairperson of the NA’s Council for Ethnic Affairs, the chairpersons of the NA committees, the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, ministers, other members of the government, the chief justice of the Supreme People’s Court, the prosecutor general of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and the auditor general of the State Audit Office.

However, those who are waiting for retirement and those who were elected the same year the votes of confidence are cast would not be subjected to the votes. They include President Vo Van Thuong, Deputy Prime Ministers Tran Hong Ha and Tran Luu Quang, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Dang Quoc Khanh and chairman of the Committee for Financial and Budgetary Affairs Le Quang Manh.

If someone gets from over half to two-thirds of the votes being « low confidence », they may have to resign. If someone gets at least two-thirds of their votes being « low confidence », they would be proposed for dismissal.

The NA had cast votes of confidence three times in June 2013, November 2014 and October 2018 through secret ballots. No one had over half of their votes being « low confidence. »

By Viet Tuan – VnExpress.net –  October 25, 2023