Education and training

Ministry of Education and Training announced new structure and personnel

TH (according to VnExpress) • March 5, 2025 19:15

The organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training has been streamlined to 18 units, 6 departments have been reduced, and a General Department has been converted into a Department compared to before.

On March 5, the Ministry of Education and Training announced the organizational structure according to the new Government decree. The 18 units are as follows:

TT	Unit	Compared to before
1	Department of Preschool Education	Keep it the same
2	Department of General Education	On the basis of merging the Department of Primary Education and the Department of Secondary Education
3	Department of Higher Education	Keep it the same
4	Department of National Defense and Security Education	Keep it the same
5	Student Affairs	On the basis of merging the Department of Physical Education and the Department of Political Education and Student Affairs
6	Legal Department	Keep it the same
7	Department of Organization and Personnel	Keep it the same
8	Department of Planning and Finance	On the basis of merging the Department of Planning - Finance and the Department of Facilities
9	Office	Keep it the same
10	Inspect	Keep it the same
11	Department of Teachers and Educational Administrators	Keep it the same
12	Department of Quality Management	Keep it the same
13	Department of Science, Technology and Information	On the basis of merging the Department of Science, Technology and Environment and the Department of Information Technology
14	Department of International Cooperation	Keep it the same
15	Department of Vocational Education and Continuing Education	On the basis of reorganizing the General Department of Vocational Education and the Department of Continuing Education
16	Education and Times Newspaper	Keep it the same
17	Education Magazine	Keep it the same
18	Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences	Keep it the same

Of these, three are public service units including Education and Times Newspaper; Education Magazine; Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences. The rest are affiliated units assisting the Minister in state management.

Thus, the ministry reduced one General Department to a Department and six divisions compared to before.

Ministry of Education and Training Headquarters, December 2024

As a Government agency, the Ministry of Education and Training is responsible for comprehensive management of the national education system, from preschool to university and continuing education, including vocational education, vocational skills development, Vietnamese and ethnic languages.

The Ministry issues educational programs at all levels, regulates standards, processes for compiling and editing programs, and sets maximum prices for textbooks.

The Ministry also regulates the teaching of high school cultural knowledge in vocational education institutions and submits to the Government policies on developing and preserving Vietnamese and ethnic languages, and guiding the learning of Vietnamese for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese.

In addition, the ministry prescribes standards and procedures for compiling documents and learning materials for preschools, general education textbooks, university curricula and vocational education.

The current Minister of Education and Training is Mr. Nguyen Kim Son, assisted by 4 Deputy Ministers: Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Chi and Messrs. Nguyen Van Phuc, Pham Ngoc Thuong, Hoang Minh Son and Le Tan Dung.

TH (according to VnExpress)