VNM_2016_RAFC_v01_M_v01_A_ESS DDI_VNM_2016_RAFC_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (Cục Thống kê Việt Nam) Statistics Division Nesstar Publisher Rural, Agricultural and Fisheries Census 2016 Tổng điều tra nông thôn, nông nghiệp và thủy sản 2016 VNM_2016_RAFC_v01_M_v01_A_ESS Ministry of Planning and Investment, General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (Cục Thống kê Việt Nam) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Nesstar Publisher General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (Cục Thống kê Việt Nam) Agricultural Census [ag/census] The first Rural, Agricultural and Fisheries Census in Viet Nam was conducted in 1994, followed by those conducted in 2001, 2006, 2011. The Rural, Agricultural and Fisheries Census 2016 was the fifth agricultural census carried out in the country. Structure of Agriculture Land use Crops Livestock and Poultry Labour in the Agricultural Sector Forestry Fishery The Rural, Agricultural and Fisheries Census 2016 is a large-scale operation whose primary objective is to collect basic information on farmers, agriculture, and rural areas to support the assessment of the current situation and the formulation of plans, policies, and strategies for the country's socioeconomic development. The information collected focuses on the following key areas: data assessing the current socio-economic status of rural areas; the status of agricultural, forestry, and aquaculture production; and the results of implementing certain targets of the National Programs on the industrialization and modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and the construction of new rural areas. Viet Nam The Rural, Agricultural and Fisheries Census 2016 covered the whole country. Agricultural holdings Census/enumeration data [cen] Pen and Paper Interview [papi] Scanning was used for one of the questionnaires (Form 01/TÐTNN-HO). Manual data entry was used for the remaining questionnaire forms. The General Statistics Office developed a statistical software to store a database and to obtain tabulations. Most of the statistical indicators were generated using the SPSS and Stata software to extract the data from the census database.