The General Department of General Affairs has the functions and tasks as following:

• Manage administrative affairs and coordinate all activities of the ministry at the national level, national and sub-national units, and other units which are under the technical guidance of the ministry
• Organize information technology system to support the management affairs of the ministry for national and sub-national units
• Manage garages and vehicles of the state for the ministry, and make quotations for petroleum and vehicles accessories
• Receive and distribute materials and equipment to all sub-national units
• Manage civil servants and public agencies which are not civil servants of the ministry through communication with the Ministry of Civil Service, and evaluate the needs for training
• Organize salary, other expenses, and national social security fund
• Organize and implement the first training policy and continue communicating with the Ministry of Civil Service and/to develop human resources by collaborating with ministries, institutions, and relevant units
• Raise the budget plan of the ministry and monitor the implementation of the budget
• Collect, manage, and organize all the expenses of the ministry to the budget category together with public procurement
• Collect the revenue base on the law of finance for annual management
• Collecting all the requirements needed, and prepare and expenses for other maintenances and equipment in the ministry
• Manage the assets, real estates, and make inventory
• Make the drafts of law and other official document relating to industry, science, technology, and innovation including handicraft and potable water
• Conduct research, extract, collect and promote law and other official documents, and conventions or other international memorandums of understanding relating to industry, science, technology, and Innovation including handicraft and potable water
• Introduce and monitor the implementation of the law and other regulations, and conventions or international agreement relating to the fields of industry, science, technology, and innovation including handicraft and potable water
• Assist the law in the fields of industry, science, technology, and Innovation including handicraft, potable water for board directors of the ministry, and other units under the technical guidance of the ministry
• Coordinate and dispute resolution in the capacity of the ministry
• Organize the plan, and monitor the implementation plan in bi- and multi-lateral cooperation with international and ASEAN relating to the fields of industry, science, technology, and Innovation including handicraft and potable water in collaborating with expert units of the Ministry of Industry Science Technology and Innovation, ministries, institutions, and the ASEAN secretariat
• Receive and implement other tasks assigned by the minister.