Strengthening discipline, effectiveness and efficiency of statistical work

The conference was chaired from the Hanoi bridge by Comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Prime Minister. The conference was also attended by representatives of ministries, branches, international organizations and local bridges.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired at Nghe An bridge; also attending were representatives of the General Statistics Office and relevant departments and branches.

Delegates from Nghe An bridge point follow the National Statistics Conference. Photo by Nguyen Hai

At the ceremony, representatives of the Ministry of Planning and Investment andGeneral Statistics Officesaid that after 75 years of construction and development, the State statistical work has received attention from the Party and the State, so the statistical work has become more and more effective. Along with the improvement of institutions and the consolidation of the organization and personnel, the quantity and quality of statistical work have been increasingly improved.

Especially since the Ordinance and especiallyLaw of StatisticsIn 2015, statistical work was carried out more seriously and systematically; the process of collecting, processing, publishing, and storing standards met the requirements for legal value and accuracy of data. The statistical work of ministries and branches has contributed positively to the overall performance of State statistical activities; the direction and organization of statistical activities at departments, branches, and localities has become increasingly better...

Disseminating and understanding data on fishing and exploitation output, thereby having a strategy to protect resources, is a challenge for statistical work in the new period. Photo: Nguyen Hai

In addition to the above advantages, the conference pointed out some shortcomings and limitations. That is, the completion and implementation of the system of legal documents on statistics is sometimes not strict, leading to the effectiveness and efficiency of statistics not being as expected, the organizational structure has not met the requirements of serving the management of the district level; the human resources for statistics work are still weak and lacking, the professional work and regime for the team of statistical staff still have some difficulties and shortcomings. Since 2010,statistical ability rankingsAccording to the World Bank, Vietnam's position in the ASEAN region has gradually dropped from 2nd to 5th.

Based on the overall and comprehensive assessment of all aspects of State statistical work in the past time, representatives of the Provincial Statistics Offices, including the Yen Thanh District Statistics Office (Nghe An), proposed a number of solutions and recommendations for the coming time.

The phenomenon of workers returning home after the pandemic raises many issues for the work of statistics on human resource migration. In the photo: Nghe An conducts medical checks to welcome workers from Bac Giang to their hometown in Hoang Mai town.

Along with continuing to perfect legal documents in accordance with the Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles and the Appendix of the List of national statistical indicators of the 2015 Statistics Law; modernizing the collection, processing and management of statistical data; strengthening the work of ensuring and disseminating statistical information; developing, perfecting, promulgating and applying statistical standards, processes and models; strengthening propaganda, inspection, supervision and inspection of specialized statistics.

(Excerpt from the report of the General Statistics Office)

In order to continue to strengthen discipline, order, effectiveness and efficiency of State statistical work in the coming time; strive to achieve by 2030, Vietnam Statistics will reach the advanced level in the region and by 2045 become a modern statistical system in the world as set out in the Statistical Development Strategy for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045, the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the General Statistics Office propose to the Government, the Prime Minister, ministries, branches and provincial People's Committees a number of recommendations and solutions.

Based on the recommendations and proposals of ministries, branches, representatives of international organizations and localities, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a concluding speech, highly appreciating the significance of statistical data. Based on the points of shortcomings and limitations, the Prime Minister directed 8 major orientations, in which, the most prominent is to strengthendigital transformation application, promoting accuracy; building a streamlined, effective and efficient apparatus for statistical work in the coming time.../.