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CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM OF VIET NAM

Civil Registration and Vital statistic system in Viet Nam

Civil register and Vital statistic

systems

Ministry of Public security

General Statistic Office

Ministry of Justice Ministry of

Health

GENERAL STATISTIC OFFICE

Legal framework Laws on Statistics Decision issued by Prime Minister (in

2010) on National Statistical indicators system

Decision issued by Prime Minister (in 2012) approving the program of National statistic surveys

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Ministry of Planning and Investment makes economic – social development plan based on population data which is public and estimated by GSO

Population data is basis to allocate budget for provinces

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Sources of Data Annual population change survey provide

indicator on population, birth, death, migration (sample survey)

Census conducted in 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009. The 2009 census provided population data to communal

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Public data Socio – economic report monthly, quaterly

including number of population, labor force, employment and unemployment

Year book The 2009 census data warehouse

http://portal.thongke.gov.vn/KhodulieuDanso2009/ Annual Population survey data warehouse from

2000 - 2012: http://www.gso.gov.vn/khobdds Processing in build meta data for all survey and

census

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3. Advantages- If all the events are registered adequately,

this documents will provide an information with higher sufficient and correction than enumeration in surveys.

- The information good for both law and statistics purposes.

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4. InfrastructureCentral level: GSOProvincial level : PSODistrict level: DSOData save by hard copy and data file.

5. Coordination: GSO coordinating with all of Ministries to aggregate, check, and disseminate National statistic indicator system manually

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6. Quality assessment and assurance: Pre-test and pilot before conducting survey Collecting information at household is

monitored by central, provincial, district statistical offices.

Processing by Informatics centrals Verifying after the survey complete Supporting by international consultants in

designing sample, assessing designing sample error, information collecting error.

Ministry of Justice

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Legal framework- Decree 158/2005 issued by Government on

civil registration and management.- Decree 06/2012 amending and supplementing

a number of articles of the decrees on civil registration, marriage and family and certification.

- 2013 Circular issued by Ministry of Justice guide lining statistical profession in justice branch.

- Draft Law on Civil status (expected to be passed by National Assembly in October, 2014)

Ministry of Justice

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Sources data

- Registry books

- Separate electronic civil status databases of different provinces.

Responsibility

Art 1 – Decree 158/2005:

1. Civil status means fundamental events determining the personal

status of a person from the time he/she is born to the time he/she dies.

2. Civil registration means that competent state agencies:

a/ Certify the events of birth; marriage; death; child adoption; guardianship;

recognition of father, mother, child; change, correction, supplement,

adjustment of civil status; re-determination of gender; re-determination

of ethnicity;

b/ Based on decisions of competent state agencies, write in civil status

books the events of determination of father, mother, child; change of

citizenship; divorce; annulment of illegal marriage; termination of child

adoption.

Ministry of Justice

Coordination- With Ministry of Health: to build Circular to

guide issuing Notice of birth paper, draft 2014-2020 Master plan for developing the health information system.

- Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs: Provide data on: give birth register, death register, baby changing nationality

- General Statistic Office: send aggregation report (with indicator in National Statistic Indicator System)

- Unicef: UNICEF support for assessing giving birth register situation in some area

Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice

Quality assessment and assurance- MOJ printing and public across the

country and oversea representative agency to use and keep long

- Checking and monitoring POJ, DOJ- Building e - database and applying IT in

CR system. - Complete legislation on civil

registration: finalizing the draft law on Civil registration.

Responsibility - Management and collecting resident

population in administrative unit- Immigration and Out-migrationSource of data: use for management.

No publicCoordination with GSO conducting the

2009 census

Ministry of Public Security

Prime Minister promulgated the Decree on national population database and is now in the process of collecting the necessary data.

Coverage: all population

Ministry of Public Security

Ministry of Health

Population and family plan Agency colleting information on: live birth, death, infant death, infant mortality, maternal death….

Data source keep at central, provincial, district level

Population was public annually after GSO verifying

Coordinating with GSO collecting indicator: give birth, death, maternal death

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