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