Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has described the 2009census on population and housing as a valuable document for thedevelopment masterplan of the next 10 years.
Hungchaired a conference in Hanoi on July 21 to release the census,saying the census showed satisfactory results in major target areas.
With the workforce outnumbering dependants, Vietnamis now at the point of golden population, which offers a big opportunityfor human resource development in service of socio-economicdevelopment, he pointed out.
“The goldenpopulation period also poses a number of challenges that demand goodpolicies on education and training, social welfare for the elderly,employment, human resource development, economic development and familyplanning.
“A constant decrease in populationgrowth rates over the past ten years and an increase in human longevityrevealed an encouraging result. Population problems remain with a highgap in gender of newborns at the rate of 110.5 boys per 100 girls thatasks for firm measures in the first place,” emphasised the Deputy PM.
Hung lauded the educational sector for its success insubstantially reducing illiteracy during the past decade.
Problems remain in emerging from low literacy rates in themountains and Central Highlands and an increase in drop-outs at highereducation levels, leading to a failure in meeting targets for trainedlabour in the interest of industrialisation and modernisation.
The number of large houses of 60 sq.m. and upwards doubledin the past 10 years, showing a big success, he recognised. However thenumber of ramshackle houses in rural areas accounts for 89 percent ofthe national total of similar houses, calling for better planning in thehousing development strategy in the next ten years with betterinvestments for the countryside.
The Ministry ofPlanning and Investment, the General Statistics Office and relevantagencies should focus on analysing and evaluating the census and makingpredictions for the 2011-20 stategy,Hung concluded./.
Hungchaired a conference in Hanoi on July 21 to release the census,saying the census showed satisfactory results in major target areas.
With the workforce outnumbering dependants, Vietnamis now at the point of golden population, which offers a big opportunityfor human resource development in service of socio-economicdevelopment, he pointed out.
“The goldenpopulation period also poses a number of challenges that demand goodpolicies on education and training, social welfare for the elderly,employment, human resource development, economic development and familyplanning.
“A constant decrease in populationgrowth rates over the past ten years and an increase in human longevityrevealed an encouraging result. Population problems remain with a highgap in gender of newborns at the rate of 110.5 boys per 100 girls thatasks for firm measures in the first place,” emphasised the Deputy PM.
Hung lauded the educational sector for its success insubstantially reducing illiteracy during the past decade.
Problems remain in emerging from low literacy rates in themountains and Central Highlands and an increase in drop-outs at highereducation levels, leading to a failure in meeting targets for trainedlabour in the interest of industrialisation and modernisation.
The number of large houses of 60 sq.m. and upwards doubledin the past 10 years, showing a big success, he recognised. However thenumber of ramshackle houses in rural areas accounts for 89 percent ofthe national total of similar houses, calling for better planning in thehousing development strategy in the next ten years with betterinvestments for the countryside.
The Ministry ofPlanning and Investment, the General Statistics Office and relevantagencies should focus on analysing and evaluating the census and makingpredictions for the 2011-20 stategy,Hung concluded./.
