Chương IV Luật thống kê 2015: Phân tích và dự báo thống kê, công bố và phổ biến thông tin thống kê Nhà nước

Chapter IV

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECASTS; ANNOUNCEMENT AND PUBLICATION OF STATE STATISTICAL INFORMATION

Article 45. Statistical analysis and forecasts

1. Statistical analysis and forecasts help serve construction and assessment of the implementation of strategy, policies and plan for socio-economic development;

2. Statistical analysis helps clarify characters of socio-economic phenomena; changes and influential factors, roles and interaction of each factor for the phenomenon over time and space; Statistical forecasts help give insights into development trends of socio-economic phenomena;

3. Statistical analysis and forecasts should be honest, objective and comprehensive.

4. Agencies of state statistical organization system shall be responsible for making statistical analysis and forecasts according to statistical program.

Article 46. Responsibility of ministries, departments for statistical indicators belonging to national statistical indicator system

1. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, president of the Supreme People’s Court, the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, State Auditor General shall be responsible for statistical figures collected and compiled in the national statistical indicator system.

2. Ministries and departments shall be responsible for collecting and compiling statistical figures as assigned in the national statistical indicator system and sending submissions as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 47 hereof to central statistics agencies for assessment and public announcement.

Article 47. Assessment of statistical figures of ministries and departments in the national statistical indicator system

1. Submissions for assessment comprise a written request, draft of statistical figures, scope, calculating methods, sources of collected figures.

2. Content of assessment comprises scope, calculating methods and sources of figures;

3. Assessment duration since the Assessing Agency receives adequate submissions is prescribed as follows:

a) Three working days for estimated statistical figures;

b) Seven working days for preliminary statistical figures;

c) 20 days for official statistical figures;

4. Based on assessing opinions by central statistics agencies, the ministries and departments shall be responsible for studying and making adjustments to the collected and compiled figures. In case the ministries and departments are not open to the opinions given by the central statistics agencies, the central statistics agencies shall make their own decisions and take the responsibility.

Article 48. Publication of state statistical information

1. Levels of statistical figures to be published comprise:

a) Estimated statistical figures;

b) Preliminary statistical figures;

c) Official statistical figures;

2. Authorities to make public announcement of statistical information are prescribed as follows:

a) Heads of central statistics agencies shall make public announcement of statistical information belonging to national statistical indicator system.

b) Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, president of the Supreme People’s Court, the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, State Auditor General shall make public announcement of statistical information within areas, sectors assigned except statistical information as prescribed in Point a, this Clause;

c) Presidents of the provincial People’s Committees shall make public announcement of statistical information from results of statistical investigation as prescribed in Point c, Clause 1, Article 30 hereof;

d) Heads of provincial-level statistics agencies shall make public announcement of statistical information belonging to provincial, district and commune-level statistical indicator systems.

3. Competent persons publishing statistical information shall be responsible for the information published

Article 49. Publication of state statistical information

1. Statistical information to be published according to this Law should be made public in a timely, adequate and transparent way.

2. Forms of publication of information:

a) Portals of agencies of state statistical system; portals of regulatory agencies;

b) Press conferences, press release;

c) Mass media;

d) Publications and forms of storage of electronic information;

3. National Statistical Yearbook to be published in June of the following year.

4. Schedule for publication of state statistical information is the time-table for publication of statistical information belonging to statistical indicator system constructed and made public by persons who have authority to make public announcement of statistical information.

5. The Government shall detail publication of state statistical information.