Coordination in making statistics on gender and gender equality in Vietnam

Decree 70/2008/ND-CP stipulates the coordination in making statistics on gender and gender equality in Vietnam as follows:

• The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with the Ministry of Labor. War Invalids and Social Affairs in, studying, formulating and submitting to the Government for promulgation national gender development index and gender-based classification criteria in the state statistical data; guide ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial/municipal People's Committees in collecting and summing up statistical data or. gender within the national target system, and calculating the national gender development index.

• The Ministry of Labor. War Invalids and Social Affairs shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with provincial/municipal People's Committees and concerned agencies and organizations in. collecting and synthesizing information and data or. gender equality: supplying information and data on gender equality according to law.

• Ministries and ministerial-level agencies shall formulate and promulgate according to their competence gender-based classification criteria within the statistical criteria of sector or domains under their charge; organize the making of statistics, collection of information and data and making of reports on the gender equality situation in sector or domains under their charge on a regular basis or at the request of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs or the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

More details can be found in Decree 70/2008/ND-CP, which comes into force from July 3, 2008.

Ngoc Tai

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