Statistics authority conducts survey on business

The General Statistics Office started conducting a survey on businesses on March to evaluate their preparedness for global integration and technology application, as well as build a database.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) started conducting a survey on businesses on March to evaluate their preparedness for global integration and technology application, as well as build a business database.

According to GSO Director-General Nguyen Bich Lam, the data is useful for management and planning at the national and local level.

The survey will collect data from both public and private sectors, including 31 State-owned groups and corporations in the fields of postal service, telecommunications, electricity, insurance, aviation, railways and banking.

It includes questionnaires on employees, earnings, assets, equity, performance, taxes and so on.

The results will be released in December.-VNA

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