Abstract

Development of organizational structure of the Ministry Of Education And Training plays a significant role in institutionalizing the Party and State's guidelines, undertakings and policies on education and training, while also reflecting the historical development of Vietnamese education. This article presents the process of formation and development of organizational apparatus from the Ministry of National Education in the Provisional Revolutionary Government of 1945, the Ministry of National Education in the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1946 to 1960, the Ministry of Education according to the Law on Organization of the Government Council (1960-1965), the period of dividing the Ministry of Education into the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Tertiary and Professional Secondary Education, to the organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training (1990-2024). The results show that the organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training is always changing to meet the nation's requirements in each historical period. This development process also shows advantages and limitations from the perspective view of organizational science. It needs to have more thorough research on this issue to summarize lessons learned, contributing to promoting administrative reform in the current education sector.