1. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 1 Core data Items Vietnam Discussion

2. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 2 I. Statistics organization system Centralized system Centralized organizasion is General Statistics Office (GSO) - plays the central role, carrying out almost statistics works. System: Central, Local Statistics Office (5400 staffs). Statistics of ministries: minor role

3. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 3 I. Statistics organization system… Major activities/tasks in 2009 – 2010: –2009 Population and Housing Census –A big project to innovate comprehensively Statistical Indicator Systems (national, provincial and district SISs) – A pilot in 2010 for 2011 Rural, Agriculture and Fishery Census. –A 2011 – 2020 Strategy Planning

4. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 4 II. National Statistical Indicator system NSIS: Adopted by the Prime Minister since 2005. Consists of 274 indicators Classified into 24 groups GSO is responsible for 122 indicators while other agencies take care of the rest.

5. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 5 II. National Statistical Indicator system… 1.Land, climate, administration 2.Population 3.Labour, employment 4.Economic, administrative, civil service establishment 5.Investment 6.National accounts 7.Public finance 8.Currency, securities and insurance

6. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 6 II. National Statistical Indicator system… 9.AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHERY 10.Industry-construction 11.Domestic commerce/trade 12.International commerce/trade 13.Price 14.Tourism 15.Transportation 16.Post, telecommunications and Information technology

7. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 7 II. National Statistical Indicator system… 17.Science and technology 18.Education-Training 19.Health, health care 20.Culture, information, sports 21.People’s living standards 22.Social order, safety and justice 23.Environment protection 24.Women’s progress

8. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 8 III. Data available annually Crops: -planted area, yield, production, -own consumption, newly-planted area, area harvested, area irrgated, -export, import, -price, -subsidies.

9. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 9 III. Data available annually Cattle, pigs, goats & chickens: –inventory, meat milk & egg production, –own consumption –export, import, –prices Forestry production: –production, main utilizations, –area of newly-planted forest, –export, import, –prices.

10. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 10 III. Data available annually… Fishery Captures: –production, –export, import, prices, subsidies. –number & capacity of fishing boats. Fishery Aquaculture: –areas cultured, –production, –export, import, –prices, subsidies.

11. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 11 III. Data available annually… Forestry: –production, –main utilizations, –area of newly-planted forest, –export, import, –prices Changes in land cover and use: –area for cultivated land, grass/pasture, woodland, others

12. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 12 III. Data available annually… Labor & wage rates: –average working days per labour in rural area, –earnings

13. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 13 IV. Data available but not annually Household income: –income to the household by source (every two year) Food consumption: –quantities and cost of food consumed (every two year)

14. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 14 IV. Data available but not annually… Inputs: –quantities of seed, –fertilizer, pesticides, feed, –water, energy, –capital and capital stocks (5-7 year) Demographics of agricultural and rural population: –No. of households, –population, age, and education levels by gender (5 year)

15. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 15 V. Data not available Crops: amounts in storage; amounts processed for food, feed Cattle, pigs, goats, chickens: amount processed into meat

16. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 16 V. Data not available… Fishery Captures: number of day fished, amount processed for food and non-food use; Fishery Aquaculture: amount processed;

17. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 17 V. Data not available… Labor & wage rates: number of family workers, hours worked on own agricultural, fishery, aquaculture & forestry enterprise, number of workers hired, hours worked Data related to remote sensing source

18. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 18 Solutions  Try to conduct additional sound surveys and/or using administrative data for those that have not been yet collected (it takes 2-5 years to complete);  For data collected every two years (household income,…): Using data of surveyed years and base on other actual situation to forecast or estimate for non- surveyed years.

19. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 19 Questions, concerns Some data only collected from enterprises: amounts in storage, amounts processed,… 1.For many countries, amounts in storage and amounts processed of enterprises could be considered as total amounts storage and processed of the country. 2.For some other countries (especially developing countries, including Vietnam), amounts in storage & processed in households & establishments is considerably amounts. →The data not show the real situation in some countries & global level.

20. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 20 Questions, concerns… It is very difficult to collect that data from the household sector in Vietnam since they account for about 60% (or 10.5 millions) of total HHs in Vietnam while their production scale is very small (HHs with agricultural land area under 1 ha make up 81% total agricultural HHs).

21. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 21 Conclusion 1. Proposed criteria used to select the core items are generally appropriate. 2. Agree upon a set of core data items proposed for emerging demands. But it requires time and great efforts to collect and produce all data.

22. General Statistics Office of Vietnam, 2 Hoang Van Thu street, Hanoi, Vietnam 22 Thank you very much