On July 16, the Government Office announced that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had just issued Decision No. 1532/QD-TTg on the completion of the State Steering Committee on Tourism.
According to the decision, Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh is the Head of the Steering Committee.
The Deputy Head of the Committee is Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung.
The members of the Steering Committee include: Mr. Ho An Phong - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Standing Member); Mr. Hoang Xuan Chien - Deputy Minister of National Defense; Mr. Pham The Tung - Deputy Minister of Public Security; Mr. Nguyen Minh Vu - Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Do Ngoc Huynh - Deputy Head of the Government Office; Mr. Bui Van Khang - Deputy Minister of Finance; Mr. Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade; Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs; Mr. Vo Van Hung - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment; Mr. Hoang Minh Son - Deputy Minister of Education and Training; Mr. Nguyen Xuan Sang - Deputy Minister of Construction; Mr. Pham Long Duc - Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology; Mr. Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Director of the Department of Vietnam.
The Steering Committee is an inter-sectoral coordination organization with the function of assisting the Prime Minister in researching, directing, and coordinating the resolution of important, inter-sectoral issues in tourism activities nationwide; researching and proposing to the Prime Minister directions, tasks, and solutions to develop tourism.
The Steering Committee is responsible for assisting the Prime Minister in directing the coordination of activities of relevant ministries, branches and localities in developing and organizing the implementation of tasks under national and key programs on tourism development in accordance with the resolutions of the Politburo, the National Assembly, the Government and the decisions and directives of the Prime Minister; directing the inspection and urging ministries, branches and localities in developing and implementing specific plans and programs on tourism development according to assigned functions and tasks.
In addition, the Steering Committee also has the task of assisting the Prime Minister in reporting to the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee on problems related to the State's policies and laws on tourism development beyond the authority of the Government, the Prime Minister, ministries, branches and localities.
The Steering Committee has the right to request ministries, branches, local authorities and state agencies, organizations and individuals to provide information and documents to serve the implementation of the tasks of the Steering Committee.
This decision takes effect from July 15.
