Vietnam seeks to establish national statistics council
Speaking at the event, MoPI Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Trung
said the policy of the national statistics council will be one of an
instrument to help implement effectively the general statistics system
between ministries, sectors and localities.
Almost 100
countries across the world have established their own national
statistics councils to provide consulting services and promote national
coordination in the field, he said, adding that the policy is a good
consultation mechanism for Vietnam’s statistics sector to further
integrate into the international statistics community.
Bakhodir Burkhanov, UNDP Vice Chief Representative in Vietnam, suggested
Vietnam deploys the policy consistently to realise its national
statistics goal.
He affirmed that the UNDP will assist Vietnam
in building the national system as well as renovating its regulations in
the field suitable for Vietnam’s conditions, thus ensuring quality and
the effectiveness of its statistical activities in accordance with
international rules.
After 10 years of implementing the Law on
Statistics, apart from positive aspects, the law still shows
limitations that need to be amended and supplemented to comply with the
reality and existing legal environment in Vietnam.
Sharing its
experience, a representative from India’s statistics agency gave
recommendations, saying that Vietnam’s statistics council can be
established to provide advice to the government on statistics-related
issues, while being responsible for implementing statistical audits.
Representatives from Vietnam’s Statistics Office said experience
shared at the workshop will be a useful reference for Vietnam to
consider carefully the establishment of a Vietnamese National Statistics
Council in the future.-VNA