| THE PRIME MINISTER ------------ | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No. 312/QD-TTg | Hanoi, March 03, 2010 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE SCHEME ON THE SYNCHRONOUS RENEWAL OF STATISTICAL INDICATOR SYSTEMS
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 26, 2003 Law on Statistics and the Government's Decree No. 40/ 2004/ND-CP of February 13, 2004, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Statistics;
At the proposal of the Minister of Planning and Investment,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the Scheme on the synchronous renewal of statistical indicator systems with the following major contents:
I. OBJECTIVES
To synchronously renew and apply statistical indicator systems and form a consistent, smooth and effective national statistical indicator system which conforms to international standards and practices for the provision of accurate, sufficient and timely statistical information, meeting the requirement of analyzing and evaluating the socio-economic situation in service of the leadership, direction and administration by Party and State agencies; and the formulation of national, ministerial, sectoral and local socioeconomic development strategies and plans by individuals and organizations.
II. ORIENTATIONS OF RENEWAL
1. The synchronous renewal of statistical indicator systems must strictly adhere to six fundamental principles of statistical activities provided in the Law on Statistics, namely: (i) ensuring honesty, objectivity, accuracy, completeness and timeliness in Statistical activities; (ii) ensuring independence Statistical performance; (iii) ensuring consistency regarding indicators, forms, methods of calculation, classification, units of measurement, statistical years and international comparability; (avoiding duplication and overlap of statistical surveys and reporting regulations; (v) publicizing statistical methodologies and information; (vi) ensuring equal access to and use of statistical information already publicized by the State; and statistical information on each organization or individual is used only for the statistical synthesis purpose.
2. The synchronous renewal of statistical indicator systems covers the national; ministerial and sectoral as well as provincial, district and commune statistical indicator systems, making them comprehensive and consistent. The renewal of statistical indicator systems must also go in parallel with the comprehensive renewal of statistical activities. Renewal results must serve as an important basis for the formulation of Vietnam's statistics development strategy during 2011- 2020 with a vision to 2025.
3. The synchronous renewal of statistical indicator systems shall be conducted on the basis of further promoting the centralized statistical systems; enhancing the role and responsibilities of statistical organizations of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuracy (below referred collectively as ministerial and sectoral statistics); raising the quality and effectiveness of statistical informatics sources gathered and aggregated by grassroots-statistical organizations so as to form a consistence, smooth and effective national statistical information system.
4. The synchronous renewal of statistical indicator systems is required to meet the national development requirements while creating pro-active for the statistical sector's deeper integration into international statistics. Based on an appropriate roadmap to ensure high feasibility of the statistical indicator systems.
5. The synchronous renewal of statistical indicator systems must be associated with the renewal of statistical activities; improvement of organizational apparatus, ensuring human resources and legal environment, modernizing material and technical foundations as well as other conditions for the prompt and fruitful realization of the contents of renewal.
III. CONTENTS OF RENEWAL
1. To renew, supplement and improve the national statistical indicator system
The national statistical indicator system, promulgated by the Prime Minister together with Decision No. 305/2005/QD-TTg of November 24, 2005, with 274 statistical indicators in 24 groups of sectors and socio-economic areas, has played a leading role in the country's overall statistical indicator systems in the past. However, it has also revealed shortcomings and limitations compared to the requirements of national construction and development and should be renewed and improved as follows:
