According to Prime Ministerial Decision No.484/QD-TTg, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on June 7, a nationwide rural and agricultural census will be conducted, starting from July 1, 2025.

The census, which is expected to last a month, aims to collect comprehensive data on various aspects, including the current status of agro-forestry-fishery production, rural conditions, and rural residents.

Its preliminary results will be released in December next year, and official ones in March 2026. Specialized analytical reports will be published in July 2026.

Under the decision, steering committees for the census will be established at various levels. The central steering committee will be headed by a Deputy Prime Minister and staffed by representatives from relevant ministries, associations, and agencies. Meanwhile, local committees will be headed by the chairpersons or vice chairpersons of the People's Committees of provinces, districts, and communes, and tasked with organizing and overseeing the census implementation.

However, such steering committees are only formed in districts, towns, cities, wards, and townships where the proportion of households involving in the agro-forestry-fishery sector exceeds 30% of the total population.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is responsible for developing the census plan, coordinating with relevant ministries, agencies, and localities to organize and oversee the work, and establishing a census database to share with relevant ministries and sectors, among other tasks.