Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs

Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs
Bộ Dân tộc và Tôn giáo (Vietnamese)
Agency overview
Formed3 May 1946
Preceding Agency
  • Department of Ethnic Minority (1946–1955)
    Central Sub-Committee of Ethnic Minority (1955–1959)
    Committee of Ethnic Minority (1959–1987)
    Central Commission of Ethnic Minority of the Communist Party (1979–1992), Office of Mountain Region and Ethnic Minority (1990–1992)
    Committee for Ethnic Minority and Mountain Region (1992–2002)
    Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (2002–present)
TypeMinistry-level Agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Vietnam
Headquarters39 Doi Can Street, Lieu Giai Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
Annual budget319.630 millions VND (2018)
Agency executives
  • Hầu A Lềnh, Chief of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs
    • Deputy Chiefs of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs
      • Nông Quốc Tuấn
      • Phan Văn Hùng
      • Lê Sơn Hải
      • Hoàng Thị Hạnh
      • Y Thông
Websiteubdt.gov.vn

The Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs (Vietnamese: Bộ Dân tộc và Tôn giáo), formerly Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA; Vietnamese: Uỷ ban Dân tộc, lit. 'Ethnic Committee'), is a government ministry in Vietnam that exercises the functions of state management on ethnic minority affairs nationwide. The committee is headed by a chief. The current Chief of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs is Hầu A Lềnh.

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