The launching ceremony took place in Da Bac district, Hoa Binh province. This is the third time the survey has been launched to collect information on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities (the previous two surveys were held in 2015 and 2019). The launching ceremony will start from July 1 to August 15, jointly organized by the Ethnic Committee and the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
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| Mr. Matt Jackson, Chief Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam, shared with the press on the sidelines of the launch ceremony of the survey and information collection on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities in 2024. (Photo: Gia Thanh) |
Sharing with TG&VN reporters on the sidelines of the launch ceremony, the UNFPA Representative said that the launch ceremony was attended by government agencies from the central to local levels such as the Ethnic Committee, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the General Statistics Office and representatives of Hoa Binh province. This is a strong support and endorsement for this survey.
"At the launching ceremony, we heard the voices of investigators; representatives of village elders, village chiefs, and prestigious people in Tu Ly commune, Da Bac district, Hoa Binh province. They not only showed their support for the investigations but also contributed to the diversity of ethnic minority voices for our investigation," he said.
Mr. Matt Jackson said that the results obtained from the survey will help us know the differences between ethnic minority groups, especially related to access to basic services, employment and living standards.
These are important data that help monitor and evaluate the progress of implementing Government policies, and are also the basis for issuing policy decisions to reduce the disadvantages that ethnic minority groups are facing.
He informed that UNFPA provides technical support to the General Statistics Office to conduct surveys and collect information on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities in Vietnam.
According to UN research, the most vulnerable people, often left behind, are those who are not included in surveys and statistics. Therefore, in this survey, UNFPA hopes to ensure the representation of ethnic minorities in Vietnam.
In a specific area, the UNFPA Representative said that the fund is interested in the reproductive health of ethnic minority women in Vietnam. Through statistics, UNFPA knows that ethnic minority women in Vietnam have a mortality rate 3 to 4 times higher than that of the Kinh people.
So the fund wants to collect data on whether ethnic minority women's use of antenatal care services or access to health facilities has improved?
Mr. Matt Jackson emphasized: "Our expectation is that households participating in the surveys will openly and honestly share information about their households with the investigators.
In this investigation, investigators will use new technologies with two goals: Ensuring absolute privacy, safety, and information security and ensuring the most comprehensive information collection formula possible to best support the process of issuing future policies.
I look forward to hearing the results of this investigation."
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| Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Minorities Committee Hau A Lenh; UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Matt Jackson, Director General of the General Statistics Office (Ministry of Planning and Investment) Nguyen Thi Huong participated in the investigation and collected information from a household in Da Bac district, Hoa Binh province. (Photo: Gia Thanh) |
According to the General Statistics Office, the investigation and collection of information on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities in 2024 will be conducted in 54 provinces and centrally run cities, including 51 provinces with communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas according to Decision No. 861/QD-TTg dated June 4, 2021 of the Prime Minister approving the List of communes in Region III, Region II, Region I in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021 - 2025 and 3 provinces and cities with communes, wards and towns with many ethnic minorities living including: Ho Chi Minh City, Long An and Ha Tinh.
The subjects of the survey include: Ethnic minority households; Actual permanent population of ethnic minority households at the time of the survey (including those in the armed forces currently eating and sleeping at the household), excluding those living in areas under the exclusive management of the military and police; economic situation, social security, culture, health, education of communes in regions III, II and I according to Decision No. 861/QD-TTg and communes not in the above areas but located in ethnic minority areas.
The survey content for households includes information on: Population demographics; Education; Migration; Marriage; Health insurance use; Employment; Birth history and contraceptive use of women aged 10-49; Information on deaths in the household in the past 12 months; Housing and living conditions of the household; Residential land and production land of the household; Some main types of livestock of the household; Access to public services of the household.
The survey content for the Commune People's Committee includes information on: Characteristics of the commune; Use of electricity, roads, traffic; Schools and teachers' qualifications; Cultural houses; Health and environmental sanitation; Markets; Qualifications of commune-level officials and civil servants; Religion, beliefs; Telephone and internet coverage.
The results of the investigation will be handed over to the Ethnic Committee in April 2025 and are expected to be announced in May-July 2025.
Source: https://baoquocte.vn/unfpa-quan-tam-den-suc-khoe-sinh-san-cua-phu-nu-dan-toc-thieu-so-o-viet-nam-277032.html
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