In the framework of activity SERV-7 of EU - Viet Nam MUTRAP III on “Capacity building to improve the statistical system for trade in service benchmark census”, on 30^th June 2010, in Ha Noi, General Statistics Office (GSO) cooperated with EU - Viet Nam MUTRAP III to organize a workshop on “International Trade in Service Statistics and Statistical Surveys Developing for Viet Nam”.

Chairwomen of this workshop were Ms. Tran Thi Hang - Deputy Director General of GSO and Ms. Anita Bany - Director General of International Trade Statistics Department, Central Statistics Office of Hungary. Participants to the workshop were representatives from the EU Delegation to Viet Nam, leaders and officials from relevant authorities: Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Construction and State Bank of Viet Nam…

At the workshop, first findings of the “National statistical survey program”, which has been conducted since 1^st July 2007, in 47 provinces/cities, with technical assistance of international experts in designing methodologies, planning, making questionnaires, training, were presented. Surveyed data have been processed and analyzed by officials of GSO, with assistance of two international experts from EU - Viet Nam MUTRAP III, GSO has developed the plan for quarterly surveys, starting from 2011. In the workshop, international experts also shared experience in collecting data on international trade in service from some EU countries, on that basis, the research team gave some recommendations to implement statistical surveys on trade in service in Viet Nam in the future.