Organizational structure of the General Statistics Office in Vietnam

Organizational structure of the General Statistics Office in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Position and functions of the General Statistics Office in Vietnam

- The General Statistics Office is an agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, performing the function of advising, assisting the Minister of Planning and Investment in state management of statistics, coordinating statistical activities, organizing statistical activities, and providing socio-economic statistical information to agencies, organizations, and individuals according to the provisions of law.

- The General Statistics Office has legal status, a seal with the National Emblem, an account at the State Treasury, and headquarters in Hanoi.

(Article 1 of Decision 10/2020/QD-TTg)

2. Organizational structure of the General Statistics Office in Vietnam

The General Statistics Office is organized into a vertical system from central to local levels, ensuring the principle of centralization and unity.

(i) Central statistical agency

- Department of Regime Methodology and Statistical Quality Management;

- Department of Statistics, General Statistics, and Dissemination of statistical information;

- Department of National Accounts System;

- Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Statistics;

- Department of Industry and Construction Statistics;

- Department of Trade and Services Statistics;

- Price Statistics Department;

- Department of Population and Labor Statistics;

- Department of Social and Environmental Statistics;

- Department of Foreign Statistics and International Cooperation;

- Organize staff;

- Financial planning services;

- Department of Legal Affairs and Statistical Inspection;

- Office;

- Department of Data Collection and Application of Statistical Information Technology;

- Institute of Statistical Sciences;

- Numbers and Events Magazine;

- Statistical publisher;

- College of Statistics;

- College of Statistics II.

The General Department Office is organized into 6 rooms; the Department of Data Collection and Application of Statistical Information Technology is organized into 4 departments and 4 Centers.

The Department of Data Collection and Application of Statistical Information Technology has legal status, its own seal, a headquarters, and can open an account at the State Treasury according to the provisions of law.

(ii) Local statistical agency

- Department of Statistics in provinces and centrally run cities (collectively referred to as Provincial Department of Statistics) under the General Statistics Office.

The Provincial Statistics Department is organized into 5 divisions.

- Statistics Departments in districts, towns, and cities of the province; Regional Statistics Branches (collectively referred to as District Statistics Branches) belong to the Provincial Statistics Department.

Provincial Statistics Department and District Statistics Department have their own legal status and seal, have an office, and can open an account at the State Treasury according to the provisions of law.

(Article 3 of Decision 10/2020/QD-TTg)

3. Leaders of the General Statistics Office in Vietnam

The leadership of the General Statistics Office is specified in Article 4 of Decision 10/2020/QD-TTg as follows:

- The General Statistics Office has a General Director and no more than 04 Deputy General Directors.

- The Director General and Deputy Director General are appointed, dismissed, and re-appointed by the Minister of Planning and Investment according to the provisions of the law.

The Director General is the head of the General Statistics Office, responsible to the Minister of Planning and Investment and to the law for all activities of the General Statistics Office. The Deputy General Directors are responsible before the General Director and the law for their assigned tasks.

The Director General regulates the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of units under the General Statistics Office; appoints, dismisses, resigns, and suspends the heads and deputies of the heads of units under the General Statistics Office according to the provisions of law and decentralization of the Minister of Planning and Investment.

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