Minister of Defence (Vietnam)

Minister of National Defence
Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng
Emblem of Vietnam with the MOD's banner
Incumbent Phan Văn Giang since 8 April 2021
Ministry of Defence
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	The President The Prime Minister
Appointer	The President with CPV Politburo introduction, advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	8 May 1945
First holder	Chu Văn Tấn
Deputy	Vice Minister of Defence
Website	www.mod.gov.vn

The Minister of National Defence (Defence Minister; Vietnamese: Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng, lit. 'Minister of the Ministry of National Defence') is the Government of Vietnam member in charge of the Ministry of National Defence. The Minister is responsible for the formal executive management functions of state for defense. By Vietnamese politics' design, the assigned Defence Minister also automatically assumes the positions of Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission (CMC), member of the Politburo and member of the Council for National Defense and Security, by that the Defence Minister is practically the highest-ranking military officer - who always keeps the rank of army general - and politically the second-highest leader of the Vietnam People’s Army as well as the Militia and Self-Defence Force, just under the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam - who serves ex officio as the Secretary of the Central Military Commission. The current Defence Minister is Army General Phan Văn Giang, since 8 April 2021.