Implementing the Prime Minister's Decision approving the Project of Investigation, collecting information on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities in Vietnam, the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs has coordinated with the General Statistics Office and relevant ministries and agencies to organize an investigation and collect information on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities in 2019. The main results of this survey of 53 ethnic minorities focus on: socio-economic characteristics of ethnic minority areas; population and demographic characteristics of ethnic minorities; housing conditions, daily life and spiritual life of ethnic minority households. This is a legal basis to evaluate the results of the implementation of ethnic policies for the period 2015-2020 and the Strategy for socio-economic development for the period 2011-2020.