The Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs comprises the following units:

1. Department of Planning and Finance
2. Department of Personnel and Organisation
3. Department of Legal Affairs
4. Department of International Cooperation
5. Department of Communication on Ethnic and Religious Affairs
6. Office of the Ministry
7. Government Committee for Religious Affairs
8. Department of Ethnic Strategy and Policy
9. Center for Digital Transformation
10. Academy of Ethnic and Religious Affairs
11. VietNamNet Newspaper
12.  Journal of Ethnic and Religious Studies

The units specified from Clauses 1 through 8 are administrative organizations assisting the Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs in performing the state management function and internal administrative work; the units specified from Clauses 9 through 12 are public non-business units serving the state management function of the Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs.