Prime Minister of Vietnam

The **Prime Minister of Vietnam** (), officially styled **Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic** (), 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.

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

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="3"|Term  of office|rowspan="2"|Position|rowspan="2"|Political party|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Phạm Văn Đồng**|2 July 1976|18 June 1987||Prime Minister (until 1981) Chairman of the Council of Ministers (since 1981)|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||||
||**Phạm Hùng**|18 June 1987|10 March 1988||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||||||||
||**Đỗ Mười**|22 June 1988|8 August 1991||Chairman of the Council of Ministers|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Võ Văn Kiệt**|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|10 March 1988|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|22 June 1988|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers|rowspan="2"|Communist Party of Vietnam|
|8 August 1991|25 September 1997||Chairman of the Council of Ministers (until 1992) Prime Minister (since 1992)|||||||||||
||**Phan Văn Khải**|25 September 1997|27 June 2006||Prime Minister|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||||
||**Nguyễn Tấn Dũng**|27 June 2006|6 April 2016||Prime Minister|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||||
||**Nguyễn Xuân Phúc**|7 April 2016|5 April 2021||Prime Minister|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||||
||Police lieutenant general **Phạm Minh Chính**|5 April 2021|Incumbent||Prime Minister|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Prime minister
- **body**: the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

- **insignia**: Emblem of Vietnam.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of Vietnam
- **image**: Mr. Pham Minh Chinh.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Phạm Minh Chính
- **incumbentsince**: 5 April 2021
- **department**: Government Office (Vietnam), Office of the Prime Minister
- **style**: Excellency, His Excellency (in international correspondence)
- **appointer**: National Assembly of Vietnam
- **reports to**: President of Vietnam, President
National Assembly of Vietnam
- **member of**: *National Assembly of Vietnam
*Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Central Military Commission
*Central Police Party Committee
- **termlength**: Five years, renewable once
- **salary**: Vietnamese đồng, VND 15,125,000 monthly
- **formation**: 2 September 1945
- **inaugural**: Ho Chi Minh