There have been positive outcomes in financial management at administrative entities in Vietnam. However, accounting has not been considered as the critical tool in providing information for financial management at administrative offices. This article presents the results of empirical research on the status of financial management at the State Reserve Bureau of Bac Thai - an administrative office which is under the control of General Department of State Reserves, in all four aspects: (i) forecasting revenues and expenditures
(ii) implementing
(iii) monitoring. the plan
and (iv) organization of accounting of revenues and expenditures. In this study, based on the state of research, the authors propose recommendations for improving the financial management at the State Reserve Bureau of Bac Thai as well as at administrative entities in general.