Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs

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.

Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs
Ủy ban Dân tộc
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
  • Nông Quốc Tuấn
    Phan Văn Hùng
    Lê Sơn Hải
    Hoàng Thị Hạnh
    Y Thông, Deputy Chiefs of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs
Websiteubdt.gov.vn
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