THE PRIME MINISTER 

Decision No. 34/2013/QD-TTg dated of June 4, 2013 of the Prime Minister on promulgating policy of disseminating the State Statistical Information
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of Government dated of December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Statistics Law dated of June 26, 2003 and the Government’s Decree No. 40/2004/ND-CP dated of February 13, 2004, detailing and guiding implementation of a number of Articles of the Statistics Law;  
Pursuant to the Law on promulgating the legal documents dated of June 03, 2008;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 312/QD-TTg dated of March 02, 2010, approving the Scheme on the synchronous renewal of statistical indicator systems; 
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 1803/QD-TTg dated of October 18, 2011, approving the Strategy for Vietnam's statistical development in the 2011-2020 period and a vision towards 2030;
At the proposal of the Minister of Planning and Investment;
The Prime Minister promulgates policy of disseminating the state statistical information,
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This policy of disseminating the statistical information regulates activities of disseminating the state statistical information.
Article 2. Subjects of application
1. Statistics organizations, persons doing statistics under the system of State Statistics Organizations and other Agencies and Organizations with functions and tasks of disseminating the State statistical information as prescribed by law;
2. Organizations and individuals using the state statistical information.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
1. The State statistical information means product of statistical operation conducted by the State statistics organizations, including statistical data and documents analyzing that data.
2. The estimated statistical data mean the statistical data pre-estimating all the results of the socio- economic phenomenon or process that are still continuing, and summed up from data of two periods:  (i) Data of the already happened period updated according to the reality; and (ii) Data of the incoming period collected by specialized methods for estimates.
3. The preliminary statistical data means statistical data reflecting results of the socio- economic phenomenon or process happened in a specific period and place; but not yet been confirmed; still have to appraise and complete additionally.
4. The official statistical data means statistical data reflecting sufficiently and exactly results of the socio-economic phenomenon or process happened in a specific period and place; the treatment, summing up and appraisal have been finished, data have been affirmed.
5. Product of statistical information means result of statistical operation, including statistical data and documents analyzing that data expressed in printed paper or in form of electronic information.