The General Director, the General Statistics Office (GSO), issued Decision Number 308/QD-TCTK dated 5nd April 2006 on Conducting the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey in 2006 (VHLSS 2006) in order to collect necessary information for monitoring, supervising and evaluating the implementation of the “Comprehensive Strategy for Growth and Poverty Alleviation” approved by the Government Prime Minister. The survey was conducted nation-wide, involving a sample scale of 45,945 households (36,756 households for income survey, 9,189 households for income and expenditure survey) in 3,063 communes/wards, representative for whole country, 8 regions, urban/ rural area and provinces. Organizationally, the survey was conducted to collect information in 2 rounds, 2006 and by direct interviews with headed households and key commune officials.