Country Statistical Information
Vietnam

Basic Country Information
Region	EAP	Population (in million)	86.2
Lending Category	IDA (PRSP)	GNI per capita ($US)	890

2009 Statistical Capacity Indicator (on a scale of 0-100)
Indicator	Vietnam	All Countries**
Overall	61	65
Methodology	30	56
Source Data	80	63
Periodicity & Timeliness	72	77
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Statistical System Information
Legal/Strategic Framework	Statistical Law	Decree No 101/2003 ND-CP; Decree No 30 /2003/Nd-Cp dated April 1, 2003
	NSDS/Statistical Master Plan	Strategic Program for Development of Statistics (2003-2010)
	NSDS Status	Implementation
Statistical Practice	National accounts methodology	SNA93
	National accounts base year	1994
	Balance of payments manual in use	BPM4
	External debt reporting status	Estimate
	Govt finance accounting concept	Consolidated
	CPI base year	2004
	SDDS/GDDS subscription	GDDS
Data Collection	Population census(es) (since 1995)	1999 - Population and Housing Census
	Vital registration system coverage	Incomplete
	Agricultural census(es) (since 1995)	2000 - Survey on Infrastructure of Communes in Rural Area 1999 - Survey on Infrastructure of Communes in Rural Area 1998 - Survey on Infrastructure of Communes in Rural Area
	Household survey(s) (since 1995)	2006 - Household Living Standards Survey 2006 - Service Availability Mapping 2005 - AIDS Indicator Survey 2005 - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 3 2004 - Household Living Standards Survey 2003 - Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2002 - Demographic and Health Survey 2002 - Household Living Standards Survey 2002 - World Health Survey 2001 - Rural, Agricultural and Fishery census 2000 - Land Census 2000 - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey II 1999 - Multi Purposes Household Survey 1999 - Poverty Survey 1997 - Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - Labor and Job Survey 1997 - Multi Purposes Household Survey 1997 - Vietnam Living Standards Household Survey 1996 - Evaluation on Vietnamese Child Malnutrition Control and Prevention Program 1996 - Multi Purposes Household Survey
World Bank Statistical Projects	STATCAP	-
	IBRD/IDA (Non STATCAP)	ICT Development
	TFSCB	Vietnam: Statistical Strategy Development
Statistical agencies/ publications	CSO	General Statistics Office 2 Hoang Van Thu - Ba Dinh Hanoi Viet Nam Phone +84 4 846 35 44/43 53/43 59 Fax +84 4 846 43 45 Email natuan.gov.gso@hn.vnn.vn Web http://www.gso.gov.vn
Statistical agencies/ publications	Statistical publications	Lists of publications are available from IMF's GDDS website
Relevant documents	PRSP	2006
	CAS	2007
	DQAF/ROSC Report (IMF)	-
	Article IV Staff Report (IMF)	2006
	MDG report (UNDP)	2005
Other		-

** All countries include low- and middle-income IDA/IBRD countries with a population of over 1 million.