The Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs (), formerly Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA; ), is a

government ministry Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific se ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

that exercises the functions of state management on ethnic minority affairs nationwide. The committee is headed by a chief. The current Chief of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs is Hầu A Lềnh.

Departments

* Department of Policies on Ethnic Minority * Department of Ethnic Minority Affairs for the Northwest Region (Local Affairs Department I) * Department of Ethnic Minority Affairs for the Central Highlands (Local Affairs Department II) * Department of Ethnic Minority Affairs for the

Mekong Delta The Mekong Delta ( or simply ), also known as the Western Region () or South-western region (), is the list of regions of Vietnam, region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong, Mekong River River delta, approaches and empties into the sea th ...

(Local Affairs Department III) * Department of Propaganda * Department of Ethnic Minorities * Department of General Affairs * Department of Legal Affairs * Department of International Cooperation * Department of Organisation and Personnel * Department of Finance and Planning * Committee Inspectorate * Committee Office * Institute for Ethnic Minority Affairs * Training Institution for Ethnic Minority Officials * Digital Transformation Centre * ''Ethnicity'' Magazine * ''Ethnicity and Development'' Newspaper

Current leadership

* Minister, Chairman: Hầu A Lềnh, Central Committee member * Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman: ** Y Vinh Tơr, Central Committee alternate member ** Y Thông ** Nông Thị Hà

List of Ministers

References

External links

Official site
{{authority control Ethnic and Religious Affairs Government of Vietnam Governmental office in Hanoi