Agency Name: | Socialist Republic of Vietnam Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs |
Type: | Agency |
Nativename: | Ủy ban Dân tộc |
Formed: | 3 May 1946 |
Preceding1: | 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) |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Vietnam |
Headquarters: | 39 Doi Can Street, Lieu Giai Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi |
Budget: | 319.630 millions VND (2018) |
Chief1 Name: | Hầu A Lềnh |
Chief1 Position: | Chief of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs |
Chief2 Name: | Nông Quốc Tuấn Phan Văn Hùng Lê Sơn Hải Hoàng Thị Hạnh Y Thông |
Chief2 Position: | Deputy Chiefs of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs |
Agency Type: | Ministry-level Agency |
The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA; Vietnamese: Uỷ ban Dân tộc|lit=Committee of Ethnics) is a ministry-level agency 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.