Decree No. 106/2012/ND-CP dated December 20, 2012 of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs

THE GOVERNMENT

Decree No. 106/2012/ND-CP of December 20, 2012, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 36/2012/ND-CP of April 18, 2012, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of ministries and ministerial-level agencies;

At the proposal of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs;

The Government promulgates the Decree defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Article 1. Position and functions

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs is a governmental agency performing the state management of the fields of employment, vocational training, labor, wages, pays, social insurance (compulsory social insurance, voluntary social insurance and unemployment insurance), labor safety, people with special contributions, social protection, child protection and care, gender equality, and social evil prevention and control (below collectively referred to as the fields of labor, people with special contributions and social affairs) nationwide; and of public services in the sectors and fields under its state management.

Article 2. Tasks and powers

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has the tasks and powers defined in the Government’s Decree No. 36/2012/ND-CP of April 18, 2012, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of ministries and ministerial-level agencies, and the following specific tasks and powers:

1. To submit to the Government draft laws, draft resolutions to be promulgated by the National Assembly, draft ordinances and draft resolutions to be promulgated by the National Assembly Standing Committee, and draft decrees to be promulgated by the Government according to its approved annual law-making programs, and resolutions, projects and schemes as assigned by the Government or the Prime Minister; long-term, five-year and annual development strategies, master plans and plans and national important projects and works in the sectors and fields under its state management.