Nghe An conducts 2017 economic census

(Baonghean.vn) - This is a nationwide census. Preliminary data was released in December 2017. Official results were released in the third quarter of 2018.

The Census was conducted nationwide to collect basic information on economic establishments (except for individual establishments operating in agriculture, forestry, salt production and fishery collected in the 2016 Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census), administrative agencies, Party, unions, associations, public service units, branches and representative offices of foreign enterprises, religious and belief establishments, and foreign non-governmental organizations licensed to operate in Vietnam.

The Census will serve to comprehensively assess the current situation and trends of socio-economic development of the country, serving as a basis for assessing the situation and formulating socio-economic development plans and policies of the Party and State.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Xuan Dai chaired the conference. Photo: Thu Huyen

The census is divided into two phases. Phase 1 collects information on production and business establishments belonging to the enterprise sector; branches and representative offices of foreign enterprises; administrative agencies, Party, unions, associations, public service units; foreign non-governmental organizations licensed to operate in Vietnam; and affiliated establishments of the above organizations. Time from March 1 to May 30, 2017.

Phase 2 collects information on religious and belief establishments; individual non-agricultural, forestry and fishery production and business establishments. Time from July 1-30, 2017.

Preliminary data released in December 2017. Official results released in Q3 2018.

At the conference, Nghe An Statistics Office deployed the Prime Minister's decision and the 2017 economic census plan; Instructions on making a list of establishments, local administrative and public service establishments, and religious and belief establishments... Instructions on the process of making a list of investigation units, sample lists and summary tables of individual production and business establishments; instructions on regulations for supervisors, team leaders and investigators. There will be 2,745 people participating in this survey.

The company is one of the subjects investigated this time. In the photo: Unloading products at the Royal Foods canned fish processing factory - Nam Cam Industrial Park. Photo: Thu Huyen

Concluding the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Xuan Dai emphasized that this is a large-scale General Census nationwide, involving many subjects, many levels, and many sectors. In order to successfully complete the contents and requirements of the General Census Plan and the plan of the Central Steering Committee for the General Census, he requested that the comrades in the Provincial Steering Committee, the Steering Committees of the districts, and the provincial standing teams closely coordinate with each other in the process of directing and organizing the implementation of the General Census to achieve the best and fastest results.

The General Statistics Office is the standing agency of the Steering Committee, responsible for organizing, directing and guiding the entire content of the General Census as well as other related contents from the professional stage, documents and forms, selection of investigators, investigation team leaders, and handling of problems during the General Census process.

Thu Huyen