Investigator makes survey at a household (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The General Statistics Office hasannounced that the 2019 national population and housing census will begin onApril 1 next year.
The census will collect essential information on thepopulation and housing situation nationwide to serve the research and analysisof the population and housing development process of the country.
It will also serve the need for information during theassessment of the outcomes of socio-economic plans in 2011-2020 and thebuilding of socio-economic development strategies and plans for 2021-2030.
Information to be collected includes general statistics of thepopulation, the situation of migration, education and professional training,disability, marriage, birth and death rates and population growth, birthregistration, labour and employment, housing conditions and basic livingconditions of a household.
The census will be carried out during 25 days. Thepreliminary results will be announced in July the same year, and the finalresults in the fourth quarter. Reports on thematic analysis will be made publicin the fourth quarter of 2020.
Under the Prime Minister’s decision on the national census,steering committees will be set up from the central to communal levels to guidethe implementation of the census.
According to the GSO, the national population and housingcensus is carried out every 10 years. The census next year is the fifthconducted so far.-VNA
