Launching investigation, collecting information on economic situation

The survey aims to serve the construction and planning of socio-economic development policies for ethnic minority areas in the period 2026 - 2030.

Leaders of the General Statistics Office, the Provincial Ethnic Committee and delegates attended the launch ceremony.

On the morning of July 1, in Thanh Vinh commune, the General Statistics Office coordinated with the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee and the People's Committee of Thach Thanh district to organize a launching ceremony to investigate and collect information on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities in 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the 2024 Ethnic Minority Survey) in the province.

Scene of the launching ceremony.

This is the third time the ethnic minority survey has been conducted nationwide. The first one was conducted in 2015, every 5 years, aiming to collect information on population, housing conditions of ethnic minority households and socio-economic conditions to serve the development and planning of ethnic minority development policies for the period 2026-2030. At the same time, it serves as a basis for updating the information system and statistical data on ethnic minorities in Vietnam.

Leaders of the Provincial Statistics Office spoke at the ceremony.

The 2024 Ethnic Minority Survey is a comprehensive survey combined with a sample survey. In Thanh Hoa, the comprehensive survey was conducted in 184 communes, including: 174 communes in Region III, Region II and Region I according to Decision No. 861/QD-TTg and 10 communes not in the above regions but with ethnic minority areas selected for the survey.

The leader of the Provincial Ethnic Committee spoke at the ceremony.

The household sampling survey was conducted in 651 locations in 19/27 districts, towns and cities, including 11 mountainous districts and the following units: Thanh Hoa City, Ha Trung, Hau Loc, Yen Dinh, Tho Xuan, Trieu Son, Nong Cong districts and Nghi Son Town with ethnic minority areas. It is expected that about 21,025 households will be selected for the survey.

All communes and households subject to survey information collection are selected by the General Statistics Office.

Investigators participating in the investigation attended the ceremony.

The 2024 Ethnic Minority Survey uses three types of forms: enumeration forms, household forms, and commune forms. Training for staff, investigators, and supervisors has been conducted.

Thach Thanh district has 67 areas for household survey sampling, accounting for 10.3% of the total number of survey areas in the province, with 2,010 ethnic minority households selected for survey and 21 communes and towns in areas I and II according to Decision No. 861/QD-TTg and Thach Long commune is not in the above area but has a sampling area for survey, accounting for 11.96% of the total number of commune ballots in the province.

According to the plan, the information collection at the survey unit will be carried out from July 1 to August 15. Then, the Statistical Offices of districts, towns and cities with survey areas will accept the results from August 26 to August 30. The acceptance work at the provincial level will be carried out until September 13. The transmission of data and reporting and explanation of the results of the 2024 Ethnic Minority Survey in the province to the General Statistics Office will be carried out before September 30, 2024.

Officers and investigators collect household information for the 2024 Ethnic Minority Census in Thanh Vinh commune.

Immediately after the launching ceremony, officers and investigators collected investigation information at households in Thanh Vinh commune.

Do Duc

Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/ra-quan-dieu-tra-thu-thap-thong-tin-thuc-trang-kinh-te-xa-hoi-cua-53-dan-toc-thieu-so-nam-2024-218209.htm