A workshop on “Statistical Training in Universities: national and international experiences and the way forward” was organized in Ha Noi on 13-14 November 2013 by the General Statistics Office (GSO) - Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with 150 participants from line ministries, universities, international development community and from some cities and provinces through-out the country. This workshop created substantial opportunities to facilitate more effective cooperation between international and national universities, and between the universities with the GSO and other statistics-related agencies to strengthen the quality of statistical capacity and human resource in Viet Nam