Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A survey on the socio-economic situation of53 ethnic minority groups of Vietnam will be launched on October 1, announcedthe General Statistics Office (GSO).
The survey is designed to compile national targets and indicators onethnic minority affairs, serving the making of policies on socio-economic developmentin ethnic minority-inhabited regions in the 2021-2025 period.
The results will also serve as a foundation to update the database onVietnam’s ethnic minority groups.
The survey will be opt for 540,740 households in 14,659 localitiesnationwide. It is expected to wrap up on October 31.
The survey will investigate general information about the population, fertilityrate of female aged 10-14 and 15-49, death rate in the past 12 months, housingand living conditions, as well as heads of main livestock and access to publicservices.
It is set to look into information of communes across the country,infrastructure use in each locality, and working conditions, among others.
The first survey of its kind was conducted by the GSO and the Government’sCommittee for Ethnic Minority Affairs in August 2015./.
VNA
