economic, cultural, social, national defence, security and external activities of the state. It is also responsible for the effectiveness of the state apparatus itself from the top down, stabilisation in the country and the observance of the constitution. As with the President, the Government is elected by the deputies of the National Assembly for a five-year term. The Prime Minister of the Government () is the head of government and is elected or dismissed by the National Assembly, at the request of the president. Since 5 April 2021, the prime minister of the government has been Phạm Minh Chính. |Acting President |Võ Thị Ánh Xuân |Communist Party |18 January 2023 |- |Vice President |Võ Thị Ánh Xuân |Communist Party | 6 April 2021 |- |Prime Minister |Phạm Minh Chính |Communist Party |5 April 2021 |- |Deputy Prime Minister |Phạm Bình Minh |Communist Party |2013 |- |Deputy Prime Minister |Lê Minh Khái |Communist Party | 2021 |- |Deputy Prime Minister |Vũ Đức Đam |Communist Party | 2013 |- |Deputy Prime Minister |Lê Van Thành |Communist Party | 2021 |- |} Legislative The National Assembly () is a unicameral legislative body, and is governed on the basis of democratic centralism. It is the highest representative organ and the highest state organ. The National Assembly is the only organ vested with constitutional and legislative powers. It is responsible for fundamental domestic and foreign policies, socio-economic policies, defence and security issues, and it exercises supreme control over all state activities. Delegates (or members) of the National Assembly are elected through secret ballots in democratic elections which are held every fifth year. The National Assembly is convened twice a year, and its Standing Committee represents it between sessions. The membership of the Standing Committee consists of the Chairman (), deputy chairmen and other members; these members are elected by the National Assembly. Standing Committee members cannot simultaneously be members of the Government. Members work on a full-time basis, and their terms of office correspond with the term of the National Assembly. The Standing Committee continues to function until a new National Assembly is elected. According to the constitution, the Standing Committee is responsible for 12 duties. Of these, the most important are the powers to announce, convene and chair the National Assembly sessions, to interpret the constitution, laws and ordinances, and to issue ordinances on those matters assigned by the National Assembly. It supervises and