254 KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW LEGAL PROFESSION ABROAD AN INTRODUCTION TO STATE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES IN VIETNAM By Truong Tu Phuoc (Vietnam) Author Lecturer, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law (Vietnam) 02 Nguyen Tat Thanh street, Ward 12, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Email: tphuoc144@gmail.com Abstract This article is aimed to analyze the legal status of state administrative agencies in Vietnam, including the Government, Ministries, Ministerial-level agencies, the People’s Committee and specialized agencies of the People’s Committee at different levels. <...> These organs, which are the most important subjects of the administrative law, perform the state administration throughout the nationwide territory and administrative-territorial units. <...> Keywords State administrative agencies, administrative law, the Government, Ministries and Ministerial-level agencies, The People’s Committee, Specialized agencies of the People’s Committee, Vietnam 10.17803/2313-5395.2016.2.6.254―268 www.kulawr.ru Volume 2 Оctober 2016 Issue 2(6) Truong Tu Phuoc An Introduction to State Administrative Agencies in Vietnam TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction . 255 II. <...> Some Practical Issues of State Administrative Agencies in Vietnam . 265 VII. <...> Conclusion . 267 Bibliography . 267 I. INTRODUCTION State administrative agencies are the most important subjects of the administrative law and public administrative relations. <...> Other state bodies such as the National Assembly, People’s Councils, People’s Court and People’s Procuracy also carry out state-administration activities that are not their main activities, but they only aim to basically complete their respective functions.1 In Vietnam, the state administrative agencies system is established from the central to grassroots levels. <...> The ways of classifying state administrative bodies are based on different criteria: – their jurisdiction. <...> State administrative agencies are classified into state administrative agencies with general jurisdiction and state administrative agencies with separate jurisdiction. <...> State administrative agencies with general jurisdiction perform the state administration in all aspects of the social life, consist of the Government and People’s Committees of all levels. <...> State administrative agencies with separate jurisdiction perform specialized state administration in specific <...>