Due to the lack of a national migration data system a first Migration Profile (MP) project in 2010, which culminated in the publication of “A Review on Vietnamese Migration Abroad”, was implemented by the Government of Viet Nam in partnership with the International Organization of Migration.

Following this MP, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has operated the website http://dicu.gov.vn providing the yearly statistics about the Vietnamese migrants’ abroad information and data for policy makers.