Chương II Luật Thống kê 2003: Hệ thống thông tin thống kê

Chapter II

SYSTEM OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION

Article 7.- System of statistical information

The system of statistical information consists of:

1. Statistical information which the system of centralized statistical organizations directly collect or synthesize from statistical information collected by the ministries, the ministerial-level agencies, the agencies attached to the Government, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuracy in order to meet the general management requirements of the State;

2. Statistical information which the ministries, the ministerial-level agencies, the agencies attached to the Government, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuracy collect in order to meet the synthetic requirements of the system of centralized statistical organizations and the management and use requirements of these agencies.

Article 8.- Competence to promulgate the system of statistical indices

1. Basing himself/herself on the requirements of socio-economic development tasks, the Prime Minister shall promulgate the system of national statistical indices. The system of national statistical indices shall serve as a basis for the assignment and coordination of statistical activities, the elaboration of a program of national statistical surveys and the formulation of the synthetic and basic statistical reporting regimes.

2. Basing themselves on the system of national statistical indices, the ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the chief judge of the Supreme People's Court and the chairman of the Supreme People's Procuracy shall promulgate statistical indices in service of the management and use requirements of the branches or domains under their respective management.

Article 9.- Statistical classification tables

1. The statistical classification tables shall be promulgated by competent State bodies for use as standards to be uniformly applied to statistical activities, including the tables of the system of the national economy's branches, the classification of economic forms, the list of administrative units, the list of nationalities, the lists of economic units, administrative agencies and non-business units, the lists of products and goods, the lists of occupations, the list of education and training, and other statistical classification tables.

2. The Government shall stipulate the competence to promulgate the statistical classification tables, except for those specified in Clause 3 of this Article.

3. The chief judge of the Supreme People's Court and the chairman of the Supreme People's Procuracy shall promulgate the statistical classification tables in the branches or domains under their respective management.

Article 10.- Forms of collecting statistical information

The major forms of collecting statistical information are statistic surveys and statistical reports.