- Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs is a specialized agency under supervision of the Provincial People’s Committee (PPC); functioning as the state management agency on employment, vocational training, labor, salary, social insurance (compulsory social insurance, voluntary social insurance, unemployment insurance), industrial safety, people with merit, social sponsor, children protection and caring, gender equality, social evils prevention (generally called as labor, people with merit, and society), and public services under Department’s management in accordance with Vietnamese law. In addition, Department implements other duties according to the PPC's authority and Vietnamese law.
- Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs has legal status, its own seal and account. It is under guidance and management on organization and personnel of the PPC as well as specialized guidance and inspection of Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs.