Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, Nguyễn Ngọc Sâm, is assigned to oversee and direct the following areas of work:

• Finance and pricing
• Monetary policy, banking, state treasury, taxation, customs, statistics, auditing, and public assets (including state-owned housing)
• Internal affairs and justice
• Civil judgment enforcement
• Science and technology
• Construction and urban management and development
• Transport
• Public investment projects under provincial management
• The National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction
• Restructuring and reform of state-owned enterprises (including public non-business units) under provincial management
• Business operations and policies to support and promote enterprises
• The East Sea and Islands Program
• Foreign affairs
• Non-ODA grants from foreign organizations, agencies, and individuals

Key responsibilities:

• Chairman of the Provincial Land Valuation Council
• Head of the Provincial Representative Board for the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies
• Head of the Steering Committee on Health Insurance
• Chairman of the Provincial Lottery Supervision Council
• Chairman of the Provincial Innovation Evaluation Council
• Chairman of the Provincial Science and Technology Council
• Head of the Provincial Civil Judgment Enforcement Steering Committee
• Chairman of the Provincial Legal Dissemination and Education Council
• Head of other steering committees within his scope of responsibility

He maintains coordination with:

• The Provincial People’s Procuracy
• The Provincial People’s Court
• The Union of Science and Technology Associations

He is authorized to decide and handle administrative violations, complaints, and denunciations related to areas under the Chairman’s responsibility.

On behalf of the Chairman, he directly supervises and directs the following departments and agencies:

• Department of Justice
• Department of Science and Technology
• Department of Foreign Affairs
• Department of Construction
• Project Management Units for Transport, Civil and Industrial Works
• Provincial Development Investment Fund
• Quang Ngai Port Authority
• Provincial Statistics Office
• Regional Tax Office XII (Quang Ngai)
• Regional Customs Office XII (Quang Ngai)
• State Bank of Vietnam – Region 9 (Quang Ngai)
• State Treasury – Region XV (Quang Ngai)
• Social Insurance – Region XXI (Quang Ngai)
• Provincial Branch of Vietnam Bank for Social Policies
• Quang Ngai Lottery One-Member Co., Ltd.
• Kon Tum Lottery One-Member Co., Ltd.
• Quang Ngai Investment, Construction and Service Trading One-Member Co., Ltd. (QISC)
• Commercial banks operating in the province
• Local business associations and enterprises

He also directly oversees the following localities:

• Communes: Tay Tra, Thanh Bong, Tay Tra Bong
• Son Tay, Upper and Lower Son Tay
• Ba Xa
• Dak Sao, Dak To Ran, Tu Mo Rong, Mang Ri, Ia Toi, Dak Koi, Kon Braih, Dak Rve
• Mang Den, Mang But, Kon Plong
• Ia Dal
• Sa Thay, Sa Binh, Ya Ly, Ro Koi, Mo Rai