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Background Briefing:

Vietnam: New Cabinet

Forecast

Carlyle A. Thayer

July20,2011[clientnamedeleted]

1.AstheNationalAssemblyisgoingtorubberstampthenewleadershipnextweek,whatwhatis

yourassessmentofsuchappointments?

ANSWER:At theeleventhparty congress sevenministers,whoweremembersof theCentral

Committee, failed to gain re election to the Central Committee. Since Central Committee

membershipisaprerequisiteforappointmentatministeriallevelthismeantthattheseministers

wouldhavetostepdown.

ThenewNationalAssemblywillhavetheopportunitytovetandapproveallCabinetnominations

includingtheeightministrieswholosttheirministers:ForeignAffairs,HomeAffairs,Planningand

Investment, Construction, Information and Communications, Science and Technology,Natural

ResourcesandEnvironmentandHealth.Sixofthenewministersareformerdeputyministersin

thesamedepartment.Theirelectionwillrepresentcontinuityinleaderships.

Twoministries, InformationandCommunicationandNaturalResourcesandEnvironment,will

haveoutsidersappointedasministers.Inbothcasesthenewministerswillbemovedfromposts

within

the

party

apparatus.

Nguyen

Bac

Son,

the

deputy

head

of

the

partys

Ideology

and

Propaganda Committee, would seem best equipped to take up the post of Minister of

Information and Communication. Nguyen Minh Quang, who is the party chief for Central

Agencies,islikelytofaceamajorchallengeinhisnewportfolioasMinisterofNaturalResources

andEnvironment.

Ithinkthemostimportantsignwillbethenumberofvoteseachprospectiveministerreceives.A

lowvotewillindicatealackofconfidence.Overall,theNationalAssemblylookssettoapprovea

team thatcanworkeffectivelywithPrimeMinisterNguyenTanDung.ThePrimeMinisterhas

alsoselectedfourdeputyprimeministers,onelessthanbefore.Thisshouldbeamorecohesive

teamthanthefivedeputyprimeministersinthelastterm.

2.DoyoubelievethattheNationalAssemblywillbeabletosustain itsmomentumofopening

thefloorforheateddebatesandgrillingcabinetmembers,giventhatacabinetmember,Deputy

PMNguyenSinhHung,isbeinginstalledasthenewhousespeaker?Whyorwhynot?

ANSWER: Ever since 1992 when the new Constitution and new Electoral Law ws adopted,

deputiestotheNationalAssemblyhaveplayedanincreasingly importantroleincreatinga law

governed state.Thenewdeputieswill inherit the legacyofprevious legislatures.NguyenSinh

Hungwillno longeroccupy the post ofdeputyprimeminister andwill thereforenothave a

conflictofinterestwhenCabinetministersarequestions.Sinhwillsoonlearnthathisroleisone

ofpoliticalbrokerandconsensusseekerThequalityofthenewdeputieswillensurethatthey

take on their responsibility to review government policy and the performance of individual

ministers.Insum,thenewlegislaturewillbuildonthelegacyofthepastbutinagradualmanner.

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3.OnofthemostsignificantfeaturesoftheoutgoingNationalAssembly inthe lattenurewad

theabsenceofawatershedpolicyonboostingtheagriculturesector.Dontyouagreewiththis

anddoyouseegroundsforhopethatthenewleadershipwilltakedrasticmeasurestoaddress

thisshortcoming?

ANSWER:PolicyissetbytheCabinetandbyministers.Vietnamsdevelopmentstrategyfavours

theurbanareasandareskewedtowardspromotingindustrialgrowth.Idonotseeanysignsthat

theseprioritieswillbealteredbytheGovernment.

Sincedeputiescannotinitiatelegislationtheinitiativeforreformoftheagriculturesectormust

come from the Cao Duc Phat who is being renominated as Minister of Agriculture and

Development.

4.What should Vietnams new leadership do to address the risingwealth disparity that has

boggeddownthenationsdevelopmentoverthepastdecades?Howwilltherisinglandlessness

ofVietnamesefarmersexacerbatetheproblem?

ANSWER:Formanyyears the land issuehasbeen thecauseofnumerouspublicprotestsand

disturbances.Thesolutionisnottodiscourageindividualsfrombecomingwealthy,buttoensure

thatthe law isappliedequallytoall.Thismeansgivingprioritytoaddressingcorruptionorthe

interventionofwealthinpolitics.TheGovernmentshouldcontinuetodevelopappropriatesocial

welfaremeasurestoaddresstheproblemsofthosewholiveinpoverty.


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Vietnam: Evaluating the New

Government

Carlyle A. Thayer

July 20, 2011

[clientnamedeleted]

1. How do you evaluate the performance of the Government over the pastfive

years?Whatareitsmainachievementsandmainweaknesses?

VietnamsGovernmentsuccessfullyweathered theglobal financial crisis throughastimulus package and maintained social stability at the same time. A major

achievement has been tomaintaining comparatively high economic growth rates

duringthisdifficultperiod.

ThemajorshortcomingwastheCabinetsfailuretomaintaineffectiveoversightover

state conglomerates such as Vinashin and the inability of the AntiCorruption

SteeringCommitteetoeffectivelydealwithcorruption.

2. How do you assess Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dungs role in economic

managementduringhisfirstterminoffice?

The Prime Minister is a nationalist who promotes the role of largescale state

industriestoprotectVietnamfromglobalcompetition.ThePrimeMinisterisalsoa

personaccustomedtogettinghisownway.ThePrimeMinisternowneedstoadopt

amoreconsultativeapproachtodecisionmaking.Heshouldwintheconfidenceof

former officials many of whom feel their advice and counsel is treated in a

perfunctorymanner.

3.WhowillbethemajornewappointmentsintheGovernment?.

The reelection of Nguyen Tan Dung as primeministerwill be reassuring to the

internationalcommunityastherewassomeuncertainlyoverwhatleadershiprolehe

mightassumefollowingtheeleventhpartycongress.

NguyenTanDungisaleaderwhohassuccessfullyturnedtheroleofprimeminister

intoaproactiveone. In2007heunsuccessfullysought todecreasethenumberof

deputyprimeministersandaddsomenewblood. Thistimethenumbersofdeputy

primeministerswillbereducedfromfivetofour.

Two deputy primeministers are his protgswho have been reelected.Nguyen

ThienNhanwillhavetoprovehis iscapable inthisofficeafterhisexperiencewith

theeducationportfolio.HoangTrungHaihasproventhathe iscapable instepping

upaspermanentdeputyprimeminister.



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Thetwonewcomersappeartobegoodchoices.VuVanNinhwillbringconsiderable

experienceastheformerministeroffinance.NguyenXuanPhuchasworkedclosely

withtheprimeminister inthepastandwillbeeffectivebecausehehastheprime

ministersconfidence.Thenewteamofdeputyministersshouldbemoreunifiedand

cohesivethanbefore

4.WhataremajorchangesinnewCabinetarelikely?

Duringthe lasttenurethereweretwoCabinetreshuffles,thefirst in2006andthe

secondin2007.ThistimeitthereisnoneedforatwostepCabinetreshuffleasthe

timingthenationalpartycongressandelectionstotheNationalAssemblyhavebeen

synchronized.

Nearlyonethirdof thenewCabinetare incumbentministersand theirreelection

willbringstabilitytothegovernment.Eightofthenewministerswillstepupfrom

beingdeputyminister tominister.Theywillbringexperienceandstability to their

ministries.TheselectionofPhamBinhMinhisparticularlyimportantafterPhamGia

Khiemtenure

Twoofthenewministerswerereshuffledfromoneportfoliotoanother. VuDinh

Hue will bring experience as head of the State Audit Agency to the Ministry of

Finance. DinhLaThangwillbringhisadministrativeexperienceasthechairmanof

PetroVietnamGrouptotheMinistryofTransport.

Therearefournewcomerswhowillbemovingfrompartypoststostateministries:

VuDucDam,whowillheadtheGovernmentOffice,servedaspartychiefofQuang

Ninhprovince;NguyenThiHaiChuyen,willtakeovertheMinistryofLabour,Invalids

andSocialAffairsafterservingasdeputyheadofthepartyInspectionCommission.

NguyenMinhQuangwilltakechargeofNaturalResourcesandEnvironment, isthe

formerpartychiefoftheCentralAgenciesCommittee.Finally,NguyenBacSon,takes

over Information and Communication after serving as deputy headof the partys

IdeologyandPropagandaCommittee.He isprobablybestqualifiedforhisnewjob

outofthenewcomers.Allfournewministerswillhavetheirworkcutoutforthem

andtheywillhavetoprovethemselves.Quangsteps intoadifficultportfoliogiven

concern expressed by retiring National Assembly deputies over environmental

issues.

5.Whatshouldtheprioritiesforthenewgovernmentbeforitsnextfiveyearterm

inpolitics,economicsandforeignaffairs?

Inmyviewthetoppoliticalpriorityoverthenextfiveyearsshouldbetoensurethat

all provincial party chiefs, all secretaries of peoples councils, and even the state

presidentaredirectlyelected.

More authority and resources should be allocated to the National Assembly to

improve itscommitteesystem.Theyshouldbeempoweredtoholdpublichearings

on importantpublicpolicymattersand tomakerecommendations to theNational

Assemblyleadership.

As for economics: the top priority must be to continue with the proactive

integration into the global economy by reforming stateowned enterprises and

removing barriers to foreign investment in domestic enterprises. Vietnam should


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complete the process of joining the TransPacific Partnership. Finally, Vietnam

shouldaimtobecomeselfsufficientinenergy.

Vietnamhasemergedasan importantregionalpower inSoutheastAsia. Itwillnot

havethesameopportunitiestoshowleadershipasitdidinthepastfiveyearswhen

Vietnam served as ASEAN Chair and was a nonpermanent member of the UN

SecurityCouncil.PrioritymustbegiventoplayingaconstructiveroleinbuildingupASEANandtheEastAsiaSummitaseffectivemultilateralorganizations.Thismeans

working with the ASEAN Chair as well as major powers to develop an effective

internationallegalregimetopreventconflictintheEastSea.

Vietnam canalsomakea significant contribution to theASEANDefenceMinisters

MeetingPlus by supporting initiatives tohave thisnew body adopt effective and

practicalproposalsrelatedtoregionalsecurity.

6.WhatwillbethemajorchallengeforVietnam,in5years,in10years?

There are two important challenges in the next five years. The first will be to

implement the maritime strategy to develop Vietnams coastal regions with its

ExclusiveEconomicZonewithaparticulartimeofexploitinghydrocarbonresources.

The secondmajor challenge is to raise Vietnams tertiary education sector up to

worldclassstandards.

Themostimportantchallengeoverthenexttenyearswillbetodealwiththeeffects

ofclimatechangebyadoptingeffectiveandappropriatemitigationstrategies.

7.Majoropportunitiesinpolitical,economicandsocialdevelopment?

Vietnamwillfaceamajoropportunitytoadjustitspoliticalandeconomicinstitutions

tothegrowingchangesinVietnamseconomyandsociety.Thiswillmeaneffectively

devolvingpowerfromthecentretotheprovincesandlowerlevels.

It also means allowing new social forces to play their role in the political and

economicsystems.Forexample,theVietnamCommunistPartyshouldpermitlarger

numbersofprivateentrepreneurstojoinitsranks.Vietnamspoliticalsystemshould

reflect the newly emerging political economy. At the same time,Vietnam should

create the conditions for awider diversity of choice in the selection ofNational

Assemblydeputiesoverthenexthalfdecade.

8.HowwillforeigninvestorsviewVietnamsnewCabinet?

ForeigninvestorswillbereassuredbythereelectionofPrimeMinisterNguyenTan

Dung,hischoiceofdeputyprimeministersandthecontinuityofhisnewCabinet.For

example,theelevationofBuiQuangVinhfromdeputytoministerofPlanningand

Investmentwillbereassuring.

9. How do Vietnams relations with Australia, India, New Zealand add value to

Vietnamsinternationallinks?

Vietnamwill continue todevelop its comprehensivestrategicpartnershipswithall

threecountries,underwhatevernameisusedtodescribebilateralrelations.Eachof

thesecountriescancontributetothedevelopmentofVietnamseducationalsystem

and offer experience in integrationwith the global economy. All three countries

offeraccesstonewtechnologies.


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AustraliaisanallyoftheUnitedStates,IndiaandNewZealandworkcloselywiththe

U.S. on a variety of international issues.Vietnam can leverage its tieswith these

threenationsinitsdealingswithothermajorpowers.

10.IfconsultedbynewPrimeMinister,whatshouldhedofirst?Whatadvicewould

yougive?

I would advise the Prime Minister that he and his Cabinet should be more

accountable to the public through greater transparency indecisionmaking.More

information should be made available to a public that is becoming more

sophisticated in its understanding of public policy.More effortmust bemade to

explain government policies and getting feedback from Vietnamese citizens. The

PrimeMinister should learn from the bauxitemining and highspeed railprojects

thatwiderconsultationsinpolicymakingisnecessary.


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Vietnam: Nguyen Tan Dung

Re-elected Prime Minister

Carlyle A. Thayer

July 26, 2011

[clientnamedeleted]

ProvideyourassessmentofNguyenTanDungsreelectionasprimeminister.

ANSWER:ThereelectionofNguyenTanDungasprimeministerwillbereassuringto

the international community as therewas someuncertainlyoverwhat leadership

rolehemightassumefollowingtheeleventhpartycongress.

ThePrimeMinisterNguyenTanDungisanationalistwhopromotestheroleoflarge

scale state industries to protectVietnam from global competition.Dung is also a

personaccustomedtogettinghisownway.ThePrimeMinisternowneedstoadopt

amoreconsultativeapproachtodecisionmaking.

NguyenTanDungisaleaderwhohassuccessfullyturnedtheroleofprimeminister

intoaproactiveone. In2007heunsuccessfullysought todecreasethenumberof

deputyprimeministersandaddsomenewblood. Thistimethenumbersofdeputy

prime ministers will be reduced from five to four. The Prime Minister has also

selected fourdeputyprimeministers,one less thanbefore.Thisshouldbeamore

cohesiveteamthanthefivedeputyprimeministersinthelastterm.

Two deputy primeministers are his protgswho have been reelected.Nguyen

ThienNhanwillhavetoprovehis iscapable inthisofficeafterhisexperiencewith

theeducationportfolio.HoangTrungHaihasproventhathe iscapable instepping

upaspermanentdeputyprimeminister.




ministers

confidence.

The

new

team

of

deputy

ministers

should

be

more

unified

and

cohesivethanbefore



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Vietnams New Cabinet - 1

Carlyle A. Thayer

July 27, 2011

[clientnamedeleted]

CouldyouprovideabriefassessmentaboutVietnamsnewleadership>

ANSWER:PrimeMinisterNguyenTanDungisanationalistwhowillpromotetherole

oflargescalestateenterprisestoprotectVietnamfromglobalcompetition.Dungisaleaderwhohassuccessfullyturnedtheroleofprimeministerintoaproactiveone.

Hisreappointmentasprimeministermeanshewillwieldevenmorepowerthanin

thepast.

DungsCabinetrepresentscontinuityoverchangegiventhenumberof incumbents

whowerereappointedorreassignedplusthenumberofdeputyministersappointed

toheadtheirrespectiveministries.

Dungsmaindrawbackisthatheisapersonaccustomedtogettinghisownwayand

reactsstronglywhendissentingviewsareheard.



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Vietnams New Cabinet: An

Evaluation

Carlyle A. Thayer

July 27, 2011

[clientnamedeleted]

AstheNationalAssemblyisratifyingalineupofministersandheadsofministrylevel

agenciesthisweek,couldyouprovideanassessmentonsomeofthefreshfacesthat

standoutorsomefiguresyouareexpectingtoinjectnew lifeintothegovernmentperformancethistenure.

ANSWER:ThenewCabinetwillhavefourdeputyprimeministersone lessthanthe

previous Cabinet. Two deputy prime ministers are protgs of Prime Minister

NguyenTanDungwhohavebeenreelected.HoangTrungHaihasproventhatheis

capableinsteppingupaspermanentdeputyprimeminister.NguyenThienNhanwill

have toprovehis is capable in thisofficeafterhisexperiencewith theeducation

portfolio.





cohesivethanbeforeNearlyonethirdofthenewCabinetare incumbentministers

andtheirreelectionwillbringstabilitytothegovernment.

Eightofthenewministerswillstepupfrombeingdeputyministertominister.They

willbring experience and stability to theirministries. The selectionof PhamBinh

MinhisparticularlyimportantafterPhamGiaKhiemstenureasforeignminister.

Twoofthenewministerswerereshuffledfromoneportfoliotoanother. VuDinh

Hue will bring experience as head of the State Audit Agency to the Ministry of

Finance. DinhLaThangwillbringhisadministrativeexperienceasthechairmanof

PetroVietnamGrouptotheMinistryofTransport.

Therearefournewcomerswhowillbemovingfrompartypoststostateministries:

VuDucDam,whowillheadtheGovernmentOffice,servedaspartychiefofQuang

Ninhprovince;NguyenThiHaiChuyen,willtakeovertheMinistryofLabour,Invalids

andSocialAffairsafterservingasdeputyheadofthepartyInspectionCommission.

NguyenMinhQuangwilltakechargeofNaturalResourcesandEnvironment, isthe

formerpartychiefoftheCentralAgenciesCommittee.Finally,NguyenBacSon,takes



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Vietnams New Cabinet - 3

Carlyle A. Thayer

August 3, 2011

[clientnamedeleted]

ThenewproposednewCabinetlisthasbeenposted:

http://baodientu.chinhphu.vn/Home/ThutuongtrinhQuochoiphechuancac

thanhvienChinhphu/20118/95850.vgp

Wewouldbeinterestedinyourassessment.ItlookslikethePrimeMinisterNguyen

Tan Dungs hand is strengthened he's got four friends/allies as deputy prime

ministers, thecentralbanker issomeonehe'sworkedwithbefore.LeHongAnh is

tipped to take over for Truong Tan Sang on the party secretariat. What is your

assessmentofthecabinetlineup?

ANSWER:ThereelectionofNguyenTanDungasprimeministerwillbereassuringto

the international community as therewas someuncertainlyoverwhat leadership

rolehemightassumefollowingtheeleventhpartycongress.

In 2007 Dung unsuccessfully sought to decrease the number of deputy prime

ministers and add somenewblood. A compromisewas reached; the numberof

deputyprimeministerswasexpanded from three to five.Threewere incumbents

and twowere protgs of the primeminister. This time the numbers of deputy

primeministerswasreducedfromfivetofour.

Dungstwoprotgshavebeenreelecteddeputyprimeministers.HoangTrungHai

has proven that he is capable and loyal and has been promoted to permanent

deputyprimeminister.NguyenThienNhanwillhavetoprovehe iscapable inthis

officeafterhislessthansuccessfulexperiencewiththeeducationportfolio..

Thetwonewcomersappeartobesolidchoices.VuVanNinhwillbringconsiderable


with

the

prime

minister

in

the

past

and

will

be

effective

because

he

has

the

prime


cohesive than before Prime Ministers Nguyen Tan Dungs Cabinet represents

continuityoverchange.Sevenincumbents onethirdoftheoutgoingCabinet were

reappointedtotheirpreviousportfoliosandeightdeputyministerswereappointed

to head their respective ministries. In other words, seventyone per cent of the

Cabinetwereeitherincumbentministersorincumbentdeputyministers.



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Therearesixnewfaces intheCabinet. Twoofthenewministerswerereassigned

from senior postswith the state bureaucrace. Vuong DinhHoe the new Finance

Minister,andDinhLaThang,thenewTransportMinistervacatedtheirpostasheads

of the State Audit Agency and PetroVietnam respectively. Three new ministers

previously held senior positions in the party apparatus: Information and

Communication Minister Nguyen Bac Son was former head of the party Central

Committees

InformationandPropagandaCommission.ThenewministerofLabour,WarInvalids

andSocialWelfare,NguyenThiHaiChuyen,vacatesherpositionasdeputychairof

thepartyCentralCommitteesInspectionCommission.ThenewMinisterofNatural

Resources and Environment,NguyenMinhQuang,was head of the party Central

Agencies Committee. The sixth new minister, Vu Duc Dam, will head the

GovernmentOfficewaselevatedfromhispreviouspostaspartybossofQuangNinh

province.

PrimeMinisterNguyenTanDungisaleaderwhohassuccessfullyturnedtheroleof

primeminister intoarguably themostpowerfulposition inVietnam.Dungwillbe

evenmoreproactiveinhissecondtermandwilldominateCabinetnowthathehas

hissupportersinplaceasdeputyprimeministers.

Nguyen Tan Dung and Le Hong Anh, the former Minister of Public Security are

politicallyclose.AnhwillbeshiftedtoheadthepartySecretariat.Thiscombination

willensurethatDungwieldsmorepowerthanbefore.HispoliticalrivalTruongTan

Sanwilloccupythelargelyceremonialpostasstatepresident.

No Cabinet in Vietnam has faced difficulties of the magnitude that confronted

Vietnamin1985whenitfacedamajoreconomiccrisis.Thisledtodoimoi.Thenext

significanthurdlecamein199798duringtheAsianFinancialCrisis.Vietnamwasnot

yetfullyintegratedwiththeregionaleconomyandtheimpactwaslesssevere.The

currenteconomicproblemsfacingVietnamaremoreseverethanduringDungsfirsttermasprimeministerwheninflationalsoraged.ThistimeDungandhisCabinetnot

onlywillhave to tame inflationbut seriously tackle corruptionand the reformof

stateownedenterprises.

PrimeMinisterDungsmaindrawback isthathe isapersonaccustomedtogetting

hisownwayandreactsstronglyagainstdissentingviews.

NguyenVanBinhselevationfromdeputygovernortogovernoroftheStateBankof

Vietnamisasafeappointment.Hehasservedasunderstudyandmustnowputhis

experiencetowork.ButanewfacemaybuyVietnamsometimeasforeigninvestors

wantandseewhatthenewleadershipteamdoes.


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respective ministries. In other words, 71 per cent of the Cabinet were either

incumbentministersorincumbentdeputyministers.

Therearesixnewfaces intheCabinet. Twoofthenewministerswerereassigned

from senior postswith the state bureaucracy. Vuong DinhHoe the new Finance

Minister,andDinhLaThang,thenewTransportMinistervacatedtheirpostasheads

of the State Audit Agency and PetroVietnam respectively. Three new ministerspreviously held senior positions in the party apparatus: Information and

Communication Minister Nguyen Bac Son was former head of the party Central

CommitteesInformationandPropagandaCommission.ThenewministerofLabour,

War Invalids and SocialWelfare,Nguyen ThiHai Chuyen, vacates her position as

deputy chair of the party Central Committees Inspection Commission. The new

MinisterofNaturalResourcesandEnvironment,NguyenMinhQuang,washeadof

the party CentralAgencies Committee. The sixth newminister,VuDucDam,will

head theGovernmentOfficewaselevated fromhispreviouspostaspartybossof

QuangNinhprovince.

2.Whatdothecabinetchoicessay/reflect?

PrimeMinisterNguyenTanDungisaleaderwhohassuccessfullyturnedtheroleof

primeminister intoarguably themostpowerfulposition inVietnam.Dungwillbe

evenmoreproactiveinhissecondtermandwilldominateCabinetnowthathehas

hissupportersinplaceasdeputyprimeministers.

Nguyen Tan Dung and Le Hong Anh, the former Minister of Public Security are

politicallyclose.AnhwillbeshiftedtoheadthepartySecretariat.Thiscombination

willensurethatDungwieldsmorepowerthanbefore.HispoliticalrivalTruongTan

Sanwilloccupythelargelyceremonialpostasstatepresident.

3. This cabinet faces task of curbing Asia's highest inflation, turning around FDI,

whichhasdropped.Can youput these challenges in perspectivehowwould you

comparewhatthey'vegottodovs.previouscabinets.

No Cabinet in Vietnam has faced difficulties of the magnitude that confronted

Vietnamin1985whenitfacedamajoreconomiccrisis.Thisledtodoimoi.Thenext

significanthurdlecamein199798duringtheAsianFinancialCrisis.Vietnamwasnot

yetfullyintegratedwiththeregionaleconomyandtheimpactwaslesssevere.The

currenteconomicproblemsfacingVietnamaremoreseverethanduringDungsfirst

termasprimeministerwheninflationalsoraged.ThistimeDungandhisCabinetnot

onlywillhave to tame inflationbut seriously tackle corruptionand the reformof

stateownedenterprises.

PrimeMinisterDungsmaindrawback isthathe isapersonaccustomedtogetting

hisownwayandreactsstronglyagainstdissentingviews.

4.Anycommentsyoumighthaveonappt.ofBinhascentralbankgovernor?Seems

likehe'sgotachallengingjobofwinningbackinvestorconfidence.NguyenVanBinhselevationfromdeputygovernortogovernoroftheStateBankof

Vietnamisasafeappointment.Hehasservedasunderstudyandmustnowputhis

experiencetowork.ButanewfacemaybuyVietnamsometimeasforeigninvestors

wantandseewhatthenewleadershipteamdoes.


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Vietnams Cabinet July 2011

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung incumbent

1st

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai incumbent

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan incumbent

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh new

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc new

Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat incumbent

Construction Trinh Dinh Dung VM Promoted

Culture, Sport and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh incumbent

Education and Training Pham Vu Luan incumbent

Finance Vuong Dinh Hue new State Audit

Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh VM Promoted

Government Office Vu Duc Dam New Quang

Nam

Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien VM Promoted

Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang incumbent

Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son New CCIdeology &

Propaganda

Interior/Home Affairs Nguyen Thai Binh VM Promoted

Justice Ha Hung Cuong incumbent

Labor, War Invalids and Social Welfare Nguyen Thi Hai

Chuyen

New Deputy CC

Inspection

Cmttee

National Committee for Ethnic Groups Giang Seo Phu incumbent

National Defence Phung Quang Thanh incumbent

Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang New VCP

Central AgenciesPlanning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh VM Promoted

Public Security Tran Dai Quang VM Promoted

Science and Technology Nguyen Quan VM Promoted

Transportation Dinh La Thang New Chmn

PetroVietnam

State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Binh VM Promoted

State Audit

State Inspection

State President

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