Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc has hailed the statistics sector’s performance in 2017, while askingthe sector to improve forecast work.
Addressing a conference of the General Office of Statistics(GSO) in Hanoi on January 22, the PM said statistics provided by the sector helpthe Government steer and run the national economy.
Based on socio-economic statistics, the Governmentcan grasp the situation of the country, each sector and each locality, measurethe effectiveness of policies and mechanisms, and pinpoint important issues foreach specific period, he said.
PM Phuc also appreciated the GSO’s quarterly reportsalong with analysis on subjective and objective causes for the growth rate atdifferent points of time.
The Government leader urged the sector to improveit forecast work and promote the application of IT for faster and more accuratedata processing.
GSO Director General Nguyen Bich Lam reported thatthe sector conducted one general economic census and 28 other surveys onsmaller scale in 2017. The general economic census for the first time collecteddata on the subcontracting operations of enterprises and foreignnon-governmental organisations operating in Vietnam.
The GSO built economic growth scenarios for eachquarter in 2017 and made recommendations accordingly to the PM and Deputy PMs.
The Office also coordinated with ministries in theadjustment of prices of State-controlled commodities such as petrol,electricity, and health care and education services, contributing to fulfillingthe goal of inflation control.
Lam said the GSO will continue to research anddevelop socio-economic growth scenarios to serve management work and improvethe quality of its forecast and analysis of macro-economic situation.
An important task for the sector is to makepreparation for switching to the base year of 2020 from the current 2010. -VNA
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc 
