Mr. Cẩn heads a Cabinet that has many experts and politicians considered "strong" many times more than the previous Saigon cabinet. Prime Minister: Nguyễn Bá Cẩn Deputy Prime Minister: Dr. Nguyễn Văn Hảo cum Minister of Agriculture and Industry Deputy Prime Minister: Engineer Dương Kích Nhưỡng (in charge of Relief and Settlement) Deputy Prime Minister: Trần Văn Đôn (in charge of inspection) cum Minister of National Defense Foreign Minister: Lawyer Vương Văn Bắc Interior Minister: Bửu Viên Finance Minister: Lê Quang Trường Chief of Planning: Dr. Nguyễn Tiến Hưng Attorney General: Lawyer Ngô Khắc Tịnh Minister of Social Affairs: Professor Trần Văn Mãi Minister of Health: MP Tôn Thất Niệm Minister of Public Works and Traffic: Engineer Nguyễn Xuân Đức Minister of Culture: Professor Nguyễn Duy Xuân Minister of Information: Brigadier General Phan Hòa Hiệp Minister of the Prime Minister's Office: Nguyễn Long Châu Secretary of State: Lawyer Lê Trọng Quát , Professor Phạm Thái, Nguyễn Xuân Phong And many other Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Advisors such as Judge Huỳnh Đức Bửu, Professor Nguyễn Thanh Liêm, Engineer Đoàn Minh Quan, Engineer Nguyền Hữu Tân, Nguyễn Quang Diệp. However, just a week later, when the Battle of Xuân Lộc line was broken, on April 21, President Thiệu announced his resignation, ceding power to Vice President Trần Văn Hương. The government was on the verge of collapsing and on April 25, Prime Minister Nguyễn Bá Cẩn also submitted his resignation to the new president but was asked to handle the standings until a new prime minister was available. The last hours of his ministry, he reported in an interview with journalist Hạnh Dương as follows: "The Vietnam issue at that time was a joint game between the United States and the Soviet Union. They got involved and arranged everything. They forced us to surrender, to hand over the status quo. On April 21, 1975, President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu had to resign. According to the Constitution, he handed over the presidency to Vice President Trần Văn Hương. On April 25, 1975, I submitted my resignation as Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, but President President Trần Văn Hương asked me to stay and continue handling the stand until April 28, 1975 to wait for the new government." ... "On the morning of April 27, 1975, I attended an urgent and closed meeting with President Trần Văn Hương at the Vice President's residence to