National business census 2018 conductedThe General Statistics Office (GSO) has begun carrying out a national business census in 2018 to take stock of the real situation in corporate development. The first group will focus on information identifying the unit of investigation, such as the business name, address, telephone, fax, email, type of business and business activities. The second group will be information on labour and the income of labourers. The third one will be indicators of production and businesses, including assets and resources of capital, production and business results, tax and budget remittances, energy consumption and investment capital. The last group will cover data on the cost of raw materials, labour costs and the asset depreciation expense.-VNA