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Project to help Vietnam produce quality population data for policy making, implementation

A project debuted on May 5 to support Vietnamese agencies in producing and utilising quality population data for the formulation and implementation of socio-economic development policies, strategies, and programmes.
Project to help Vietnam produce quality population data for policy making, implementation ảnh 1The national population database was put into use in June 2021. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A project debuted on May 5 to support Vietnamese agencies in producingand utilising quality population data for the formulation and implementation ofsocio-economic development policies, strategies, and programmes.

ProjectVNM10P04, which is also meant to help with the monitoring of the realisation ofthe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country, was launched by the GeneralStatistics Office (GSO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Implementedfrom now to 2026 at a total cost of 1.9 million USD, it will assist Vietnameseagencies in applying new technologies and communication platforms to thecollection, analysis, dissemination, and use of quality population data inorder to ensure evidence-based policies, strategies, and programmes for the SGDachievement by 2030.

Project to help Vietnam produce quality population data for policy making, implementation ảnh 2UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara addresses the project launch on May 5. (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
GSOGeneral Director Nguyen Thi Huong said during the almost 45 years of Vietnam -UNFPA cooperation, the GSO’s capacity of building and managing data andstatistics has improved considerably.

Thenew project also matches the roadmap for implementing Vietnam’s statistical developmentstrategy for 2021 - 2023 with a vision to 2045, she added.

UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara saidamid the COVID-19 pandemic’s serious impacts on the country’s socio-economicdevelopment, especially population changes related to births, deaths, andmigration, quality and trustworthy statistics are critical to building,implementing, monitoring, and assessing the realisation of socio-economictargets and the SDGs.

Atthe launch, UNFP also revealed the key findings in its recently released “Stateof World Population 2022” report, titled "Understanding the Unseen: Taking Action to End the Neglected Problemof Unintended Pregnancy"./.
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