Vietnam will strive to become one of the top five nations ininternational trade statistics of the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) by 2017.
This is part of a plan for Vietnam'sintegration into the ASEAN Statistics system in the 2016-20 period, asapproved by the Prime Minister.
According to the plan's generaltargets towards 2020, Vietnam's statistics system will integratecomprehensively with the ASEAN system.
Vietnam's statisticssystem will also meet the basic requirements of the regional statisticssystem and will become one of the developed statistics systems in ASEAN.
To achieve these targets, Vietnam will establish a mechanism toprovide and share information among domestic statistics agencies andorganisations by 2016. Vietnam's General Statistics Office (GSO), underthe Ministry of Planning and Investment, will provide Vietnam'sstatistical data to the ASEAN statistics system.
By 2020,Vietnam Statistics will meet 90 percent of the demand for figures by theASEAN statistics system and the activities and figures of the ASEANsystem will become popular in Vietnam, the chinhphu.vn website said.
Theplan said Vietnam has to complete the legal framework, developworkforce and the quality of staff in the statistics system, set upstatistics organisations and promote application of informationtechnology in statistical activities.
Meanwhile, the mainfunctions of the ASEAN Statistics system include the development ofregional indicators, data frameworks and systems for monitoring theASEAN community's goals and initiatives, according to asean.org.
Thefunctions also include compilation, consolidation, dissemination andcommunication of statistical information on the ASEAN region and itsmember countries.
To carry out these functions, ASEAN Statisticswill mobilise national statistical systems and institutions in itsmember states and assist in building their relevant statisticalcapacities.
It will also monitor and evaluate the implementation of programmes and activities on ASEAN statistical cooperation.
GSODeputy Director Nguyen Van Lieu said measures, staff and informationtechnology (IT) were the three key factors of a national statisticsagency.
IT will be applied for many statistical activities suchas collection, processing, analysis and forecast. The technology hasbeen used in being public and keeping in stores for statisticalinformation under a modern statistics system, he said.
Thesystem needs a general strategy for developing IT, such as regulationson the management and operation of the system, IT infrastructure,database and a skilled IT workforce.
Over the past few years,Vietnam's statistics sector has promoted the application of IT in itsactivities, such as a project on the modernisation of the statisticsoffice and the development of a wide-area network (WAN), connecting theGSO with its offices in 63 cities and provinces.
The statisticsof Vietnam in all sectors, such as industry, agriculture, trade andprices, as well as population, social affairs and the environment, havebeen processed with the software, he said.
However, Vietnam didnot have a national statistics database that is synchronised andunified, because the management of data and information was donespontaneously in state offices, he said.-VNA
This is part of a plan for Vietnam'sintegration into the ASEAN Statistics system in the 2016-20 period, asapproved by the Prime Minister.
According to the plan's generaltargets towards 2020, Vietnam's statistics system will integratecomprehensively with the ASEAN system.
Vietnam's statisticssystem will also meet the basic requirements of the regional statisticssystem and will become one of the developed statistics systems in ASEAN.
To achieve these targets, Vietnam will establish a mechanism toprovide and share information among domestic statistics agencies andorganisations by 2016. Vietnam's General Statistics Office (GSO), underthe Ministry of Planning and Investment, will provide Vietnam'sstatistical data to the ASEAN statistics system.
By 2020,Vietnam Statistics will meet 90 percent of the demand for figures by theASEAN statistics system and the activities and figures of the ASEANsystem will become popular in Vietnam, the chinhphu.vn website said.
Theplan said Vietnam has to complete the legal framework, developworkforce and the quality of staff in the statistics system, set upstatistics organisations and promote application of informationtechnology in statistical activities.
Meanwhile, the mainfunctions of the ASEAN Statistics system include the development ofregional indicators, data frameworks and systems for monitoring theASEAN community's goals and initiatives, according to asean.org.
Thefunctions also include compilation, consolidation, dissemination andcommunication of statistical information on the ASEAN region and itsmember countries.
To carry out these functions, ASEAN Statisticswill mobilise national statistical systems and institutions in itsmember states and assist in building their relevant statisticalcapacities.
It will also monitor and evaluate the implementation of programmes and activities on ASEAN statistical cooperation.
GSODeputy Director Nguyen Van Lieu said measures, staff and informationtechnology (IT) were the three key factors of a national statisticsagency.
IT will be applied for many statistical activities suchas collection, processing, analysis and forecast. The technology hasbeen used in being public and keeping in stores for statisticalinformation under a modern statistics system, he said.
Thesystem needs a general strategy for developing IT, such as regulationson the management and operation of the system, IT infrastructure,database and a skilled IT workforce.
Over the past few years,Vietnam's statistics sector has promoted the application of IT in itsactivities, such as a project on the modernisation of the statisticsoffice and the development of a wide-area network (WAN), connecting theGSO with its offices in 63 cities and provinces.
The statisticsof Vietnam in all sectors, such as industry, agriculture, trade andprices, as well as population, social affairs and the environment, havebeen processed with the software, he said.
However, Vietnam didnot have a national statistics database that is synchronised andunified, because the management of data and information was donespontaneously in state offices, he said.-VNA
