The gap in people’s living standards between urban and rural areas andthe rich and the poor remains huge, a seminar heard in Hanoi on March 4.
Statistics released at the event, jointly held by theGeneral Statistics Office (GSO) and the World Bank, show that themonthly income of urban residents in 2012 stood at 3 million VND (141USD) on average while a rural resident earned only 1.6 million VND permonth.
The group of the country’s poorest people pocketed anaverage 512,000 VND per month, up 38.5 percent over the figure recordedin 2010, while the richest collected an average of 4.8 million VND,representing an increase of 40 percent against their earnings two yearsearlier.
According to the GSO’s deputy head Tran Thi Hang,the office has always strived to raise the quality of information in theservice of both domestic and foreign agencies.
She stressedthe need to make it easier for data users and encourage the use offigures at State agencies, research institutes and universities in orderto promote the role of studies on people’s living standards.
Sandeep Mahajan, a WB economist, described the survey on residents’living standards as a main tool for the bank as well as Vietnamesepolicy makers and researchers to fulfill their tasks, noting suchimportant data should be supplemented each year.
The annualsurvey aims to assess people’s living standards in various fieldsranging from earnings and spending to education, healthcare,environment, electricity and water.-VNA
Statistics released at the event, jointly held by theGeneral Statistics Office (GSO) and the World Bank, show that themonthly income of urban residents in 2012 stood at 3 million VND (141USD) on average while a rural resident earned only 1.6 million VND permonth.
The group of the country’s poorest people pocketed anaverage 512,000 VND per month, up 38.5 percent over the figure recordedin 2010, while the richest collected an average of 4.8 million VND,representing an increase of 40 percent against their earnings two yearsearlier.
According to the GSO’s deputy head Tran Thi Hang,the office has always strived to raise the quality of information in theservice of both domestic and foreign agencies.
She stressedthe need to make it easier for data users and encourage the use offigures at State agencies, research institutes and universities in orderto promote the role of studies on people’s living standards.
Sandeep Mahajan, a WB economist, described the survey on residents’living standards as a main tool for the bank as well as Vietnamesepolicy makers and researchers to fulfill their tasks, noting suchimportant data should be supplemented each year.
The annualsurvey aims to assess people’s living standards in various fieldsranging from earnings and spending to education, healthcare,environment, electricity and water.-VNA
