Chương I Luật Thống kê 2003: Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.- Scope of regulation

1. This Law governs statistical activities, the use of statistical information and the system of State statistical organizations.

2. Statistical surveys conducted by organizations and individuals outside the system of State statistical organizations shall be stipulated by the Government.

Article 2.- Subjects of application

The subjects of application of this Law include:

1. State agencies, non-business units, units of the people's armed forces, political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-political professional organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations, enterprises and units attached to enterprises of all economic sectors, cooperatives, cooperation groups, individual business households, households, individuals, other Vietnamese organizations at home and abroad, and foreign organizations and individuals operating in the Vietnamese territory (hereinafter referred collectively to as organizations and individuals), that supply statistical information;

2. Organizations and individuals using statistical information;

3. Statistical organizations, statisticians.

Article 3.- Interpretation of terms

In this Law, the following phrases are construed as follows:

1. Statistical activities mean surveying, reporting, synthesizing, analyzing and publicizing information reflecting the nature and laws of socio-economic phenomena under particular spatial and temporal conditions, which are conducted by State statistical organizations.

2. Statistical information means products of statistical activities, including statistical data and written analyses thereof.

3. Statistical indices mean indices which reflect, through their numerical expression, the scale and speed of development, the structures and proportional relationships of socio-economic phenomena under particular spatial and temporal conditions.

4. System of statistical indices means a combination of statistical indices promulgated by competent State bodies.

5. System of national statistical indices means a combination of statistical indices reflecting the major socio-economic situation of the country.

6. Statistical survey means the form of collection of statistical information according to a survey plan.

7. Statistical reporting means the form of collection of statistical information according to the statistical reporting regimes promulgated by competent State bodies.

Statistical reports include basic statistical reports and synthetic statistical reports.

Article 4.- Basic principles of statistical activities

Statistical activities must abide by the following basic principles:

1. Ensuring truthfulness, objectivity, accuracy, completeness and timeliness in statistical activities;

2. Ensuring independence in professional statistical operations;

3. Uniformity in terms of indices, forms, computing methods, classification tables, units of measurement, statistical year and assurance of international comparability;

4. No repetition and overlap among statistical surveys as well as statistical reporting regimes;

5. Publicity of statistical methods, publicization of statistical information;

6. Assurance of equality in the access to, and use of, State statistical information already publicized;

7. Statistical information on each organization or individual shall be used only for the purposes of synthesizing statistics.

Article 5.- Application of science and technology to statistical activities

The State shall prioritize the investment in and the application of advanced information and communication technologies and statistical methods to statistical activities.

Article 6.- Acts strictly forbidden in statistical activities

The following acts are strictly forbidden:

1. Failing to implement, or obstructing the implementation of, the statistical reporting regimes or statistical surveys;

2. Declaring false information, reporting on or publicizing untrue statistical information ; forcing other persons to supply false information, report on or release untrue statistical information;

3. Disclosing statistical information on the list of State secrets; disclosing statistical information associated with specific names and/or addresses of organizations or individuals without the consent of such organizations or individuals;

4. Deciding to conduct surveys or to promulgate statistical reporting regimes in contravention of laws;

5. Other acts of violating the statistics legislation.