Population Census: Ensuring safety, saving money, overcoming language barriers
The Government Office has announced the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, Head of the Central Steering Committee for the Population and Housing Census, at the online conference of the Central Steering Committee with localities.
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The conclusion announcement stated that this is a very important Census, which has been prepared for nearly 2 years by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (General Statistics Office), ministries and functional agencies at all levels, and has received support from international organizations; a huge amount of work has been carried out such as: Establishing the Census Steering Committee at all levels; guiding localities to draw base maps of communes, wards and towns and make household lists; selecting statistical investigators, team leaders and supervisors at all levels; organizing training conferences on management, making household lists, professional skills and information technology; organizing propaganda on mass media; preparing information technology infrastructure for the Census...
Party committees and authorities at all levels need to firmly grasp the purpose, scale and context of the General Census to implement it with high requirements on quality, quantity, speed, absolute safety, economy and efficiency.
The Deputy Prime Minister requested that communication work be done well, creating consensus and active participation from the people. This is a very important factor to ensure the success of the General Census.
The Ministry of Information and Communications ensures the information system and communication lines are smooth during the process of collecting information and processing data; directs telecommunications companies to coordinate in sending messages to mobile subscribers to serve the General Census.
The Deputy Prime Minister requested that relevant agencies pay attention and focus to ensure order and safety for the General Census.
The Steering Committees at all levels in localities have plans to coordinate with local agencies to overcome difficulties such as language barriers in areas with ethnic minorities, geographically isolated areas, border areas, and areas with difficulties due to weather impacts... in the process of collecting information; review areas that are difficult to access due to security and political instability and coordinate with the Public Security sector to ensure safety for forces participating in local investigations.
The Steering Committees of Ministries, branches and localities must promptly report the results of the General Census to the Central Steering Committee no later than April 26, 2019 for synthesis and reporting to the Government.
