The provincial People's Committee is a local State administrative agency which operates under the management of the provincial People's Council, being responsible for the implementation of the Constitution, Laws, documents of superior State agencies and Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Standing Committee, resolutions of the provincial People's Council in order to ensure the implementation of policies and measures for economic - social development, strengthening the national defense and security and implementation of other policies of the province.
Duties and powers of the provincial People's Committee in the State management are stipulated in Article 43 of the Law on Organization of People's Councils and People's Committees, including:
1. To exercise State management in the locality in the fields of agriculture, forestry, fishery, industry, small industry and handicraft, trade, service, culture, education, health care, science, technology and environment, sports and physical exercises, press, radio and television, and in other social areas; to exert State management on land and other natural resources, and on the application of the standards in measurement and quality of commodity goods;
2. To popularize and educate in the law and monitor the observance of the Constitution, laws and written decisions of the State organs of the higher levels and the resolutions of the People's Council of the same level at State organs, social and economic organizations, units of the People's Armed Forces and the citizenry in the locality;
3. To ensure political security, social order and safety; to carry out the duty of building the armed forces and the all-people's defense; to practice the regime of military service and the provision of on-the-spot logistics, effect military draft and implement home-front policies for the army and the policies for the local people's armed forces; to exert administrative management on households and individuals in the locality; and to manage the residence and travels of foreigners in the locality;
4. To organize the prevention and fight against natural calamities, protect properties of the State and social and economic organizations, protect the life, democratic freedoms, honor, dignity, property and the other legitimate rights and interests of the citizenry; to fight against corruption, illicit trade, production of counterfeit and the other social evils;
5. To manage the organizational work, the payroll and wage regime, the training of State employees and commune-level personnel, and social insurance in accordance with the assignment from the Government;
6. To organize and direct the execution of legal sentences in the locality in accordance with the provision of law;
7. To organize and implement activities in budget revenues and expenditures in the locality in accordance with the provision of law; to cooperate with the concerned offices and agencies to ensure the right, full and timely collection of taxes and other revenues in the locality.
The provincial People's Committee shall coordinate with the Standing Committee and the committees of the provincial People's Council in the preparation of the agendas of the meeting sessions of the provincial People's Council for submission to the People's Council for consideration and approval.
The provincial People's Committee shall be governed by and be responsible for reporting on their work to the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and the Government.
The provincial People's Committee comprises the Chairman, Vice Chairmen and Members thereof. The provincial People's Committee is assisted by its Office and other departments and agencies, in which its Office is the general body to help to the People's Council and People's Committee in the State direction, administration and management of the province in order to accomplish the above functions and duties.
