The Six Ministries, or the Six Boards, were the major executive parts of the government of the Nguyễn period Vietnamese state from its establishment under the Gia Long Emperor in 1802 until 1906, with
The great seals of the Six Ministries of the Nguyễn Dynasty in the year Minh Mạng 10 (1829).
Ministry of Administration (Lại Bộ, 吏部)
Ministry of Finance (Hộ Bộ, 戸部)
Ministry of Public Works (Công Bộ, 工部)
Viện cơ mật
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The Viện cơ mật, established in 1834, was the Privy Council and key mandarin agency of the imperial court of Vietnam's final Nguyễn dynasty at Huế, until the end of the dynasty in 1945.
Painting of Giác Hoàng pagoda in 1840s, later demolished and now the current headquarter of Privy Council in 1903.
Bình phong wall (屏風) of privy council.
Privy council of the Nguyen dynasty (Cơ Mật Viện: 機密院).
The entrance of the privy council.