The National Assembly (NA) adopted resolutions approving the Prime Minister's proposals for the appointment of three deputy prime ministers and two ministers for the 2021-2026 term on August 26, the Vietnam News Agency has reported.

The resolutions received “yes” votes from all of the 432 participating legislators, equivalent to 89.81% of the total NA deputies.

The new deputy PMs include Nguyen Hoa Binh, Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee; Ho Duc Phoc, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance’s Party Civil Affairs Committee, and Minister of Finance; and Bui Thanh Son, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Government's Party Civil Affairs Committee, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Party Civil Affairs Committee, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Meanwhile, Do Duc Duy, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Yen Bai Party Committee, and head of the northern province’s delegation of deputies to the 15th NA, was approved as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment; and Nguyen Hai Ninh, member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Khanh Hoa Party Committee, as Minister of Justice.

The same day, the NA passed resolutions electing Le Minh Tri as Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court in the 2021 - 2026 tenure and Nguyen Huy Tien, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, as Prosecutor General in the 2021 - 2026 tenure.