Minister of Defence (Vietnam)

The Minister of National Defence (Defence Minister; Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng) is the Government of Vietnam member in charge of the Ministry of National Defence. The Minister is responsible for the formal executive management functions of state for defense. By Vietnamese politics' design, the assigned Defence Minister also automatically assumes the positions of Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, member of the Politburo and member of the Council for National Defense and Security, by that the Defence Minister is practically the second-highest leader of the Vietnam People’s Army as well as the Militia and Self-Defence Force, just under the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The current Defence Minister is Army General Phan Văn Giang, since 8 April 2021.

Chain of command

 * General Secretary of the Communist Party
 * President
 * Prime Minister
 * Minister of Defence
 * Chief of the General Political Department
 * Chief of the General Staff
 * Deputy Ministers of Defence