General Statistics Office of Vietnam

General Statistics Office

Tổng cục Thống kê
Agency overview
Formed	6 May 1946; 78 years ago (1946-05-06)
Jurisdiction	Government of Vietnam
Headquarters	54 Nguyen Chi Thanh street, Dong Da district, Ha Noi
Employees	5300[1]
Agency executive	Nguyen Thi Huong[2], Director General
Parent agency	Ministry of Planning and Investment (Vietnam)
Website	www.gso.gov.vn

The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO; Vietnamese: Tổng cục Thống kê, lit. 'General Department of Statistics')^[3][a] is an office serves under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) realizing the function as an adviser for the MPI Minister in state management for statistics; conducting statistical activities and providing social and economic information to organizations and individuals domestically and internationally in accordance with the law.^[3][4]

Organizational structure and finance

The General Statistics Office is headed by the Director General, overseeing multiple departments, 63 provincial statistical offices, and 684 district statistical offices.^[5]

Departments

1. System of National Accounts Department;
2. Statistical Methodology Standard and IT Department;
3. Integrated Statistics Department;
4. Industrial Statistics Department;
5. Agricultural, Forestry & Fishery Statistics Department;
6. Trade and Services Statistics Department;
7. Population & Labor Statistics Department;
8. Social and Environmental Statistics Department;
9. Foreign Statistics and International Cooperation Department;
10. Human Resources Department;
11. Financial Planning Department;
12. Statistics Legislation and Inspection Department;
13. Administration Office;
14. Price Statistics Department.
15. Construction and Capital Investment Statistics Department.

Public delivery service agencies

1. Institute of Statistical Science;
2. Statistical Informatics Center No 1;
3. Statistical Informatics Center No 2;
4. Statistical Informatics Center No 3;
5. Statistical Documentation and Service Center;
6. College of Statistics (in Bac Ninh province);
7. College of Statistics No2 (in Dong Nai province);
8. Statistical Forms and Questionnaire Distribution Company;
9. Ho Chi Minh City Statistical Printing Enterprise;
10. Statistical Publishing House;
11. Figures and Events Journal.

Notes

1. Or "Viet Nam", see Names of Vietnam

References

1. "About GSO". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
2. "Organizational structure". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
3. "ABOUT THE GENERAL STATISTICS OFFICE (GSO) OF VIET NAM". Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
4. "Functions, responsibilities and structural organization of The General Statistics Office". Retrieved 24 December 2015.
5. "Country Profile of Viet Nam". Retrieved 24 December 2015.