The deputy prime minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Phó Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), known as the deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers (Vietnamese: Phó Chủ tịch Hội đồng Bộ trưởng) from 1981 to 1992, is one of the highest offices within the Central Government. The deputy prime minister has throughout its history been responsible for helping the prime minister to handle Vietnam's internal policies. Since Vietnam is a one-party state, with the Communist Party of Vietnam being the sole party allowed by the constitution, all the deputy prime ministers of the Democratic Republic and the Socialist Republic have been members of the party while holding office.

Quick Facts Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of theSocialist Republic of Vietnam Phó Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, Style ...

Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Phó Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
Emblem of Vietnam
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Government of Vietnam
Reports to	Prime Minister National Assembly
Seat	Hanoi, Vietnam
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed restrictions
Inaugural holder	Nguyễn Hải Thần
Formation	27 September 1945

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There are currently three deputy prime ministers: Trần Lưu Quang, Trần Hồng Hà, and Lê Minh Khái. Each deputy prime minister is responsible for one particular field of the country.

The Permanent Deputy Prime Minister, also known as the First Deputy Prime Minister (Vietnamese: Phó Thủ tướng Thường trực Chính phủ), is a senior member of the Central Government and usually a member of the Politburo. The Permanent Deputy Prime Minister ranks second in the cabinet after the Prime Minister and above all the other deputy prime ministers and ministers. The post has been vacant since the dismissal of Phạm Bình Minh in January 2023.

All deputy prime ministers are appointed by the Prime Minister with consent from the National Assembly.^[1]

• Prime Minister of Vietnam
• Vice President of Vietnam

1.^ The Politburo of the Central Committee is the highest decision-making body of the CPV and the Central Government. The membership composition, and the order of rank of the individual Politburo members is decided in an election within the newly formed Central Committee in the aftermath of a Party Congress.^[2] The Central Committee can overrule the Politburo, but that does not happen often.^[3]

2.^ These numbers are official. The "—" denotes acting deputy prime minister. The first column shows how many deputy prime ministers there have been in Vietnamese history, while the second show how many deputy prime ministers there was in that state.

3.^ The Central Committee when it convenes for its first session after being elected by a National Party Congress elects the Politburo.^[2] According to David Koh, in interviews with several high-standing Vietnamese officials, the Politburo ranking is based upon the number of approval votes by the Central Committee. Lê Hồng Anh, the Minister of Public Security, was ranked 2nd in the 10th Politburo because he received the second-highest number of approval votes. Another example being Tô Huy Rứa of the 10th Politburo, he was ranked lowest because he received the lowest approval vote of the 10th Central Committee when he stood for election for a seat in the Politburo. This system was implemented at the 1st plenum of the 10th Central Committee.^[4] The Politburo ranking functioned as an official order of precedence before the 10th Party Congress, and some believe it still does.^[2]