Dong Thap governor and Hue police chief appointed deputy government inspectors general

Vietnam’s Government Inspectorate has added two senior officials to its leadership, with Dong Thap provincial chairman Pham Thanh Ngai and Hue City Police Director Nguyen Thanh Tuan appointed deputy inspectors general.

The Government Inspectorate held a ceremony on September 7 to announce the prime minister’s decisions. Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau presented the appointments to the two new deputies.

The inspectorate is now headed by Inspector General Nguyen Quoc Doan and five deputies: Nguyen Van Cuong, Le Sy Bay, Le Tien Dat, Pham Thanh Ngai and Nguyen Thanh Tuan.

Nguyen Thanh Tuan, born in 1976 in Thanh Hoa province, has held posts from local-level assignments to the Ministry of Public Security. He became deputy director of Thua Thien Hue Provincial Police in January 2018 and led the force from 2020, when the province was later known as Hue City.

Pham Thanh Ngai, born in 1971 in Ca Mau province, previously served in several local government and party positions, including chairman of Ca Mau province. In November 2025, the Party Secretariat assigned him as deputy secretary of Dong Thap’s provincial Party Committee, after which the provincial People’s Council elected him chairman.

Speaking for both new deputies, Ngai said the inspection sector faced a need for comprehensive reform. He called for a shift from inspections focused only on finding violations toward inspections that improve institutions and the quality of national governance.

He pledged to follow party leadership, quickly take up his assigned responsibilities and deal with matters within his authority in line with regulations. He said issues outside his authority would be reported and proposed for action rather than avoided, passed on or delayed. In the immediate term, he said, the new deputies would accelerate inspections and resolve cases under the inspector general’s direction while maintaining integrity, objectivity and impartiality.

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The inspection sector is facing a requirement for comprehensive reform, shifting its thinking from inspections merely to detect violations to inspections to improve institutions and raise the quality of national governance.