VIETNAM ‘S PRESENTATION

1. VIETNAM ‘S PRESENTATION

2. Is vital statistics produced from civil registration? No. Vital statistics is mainly produced from surveys, census. • Does the vital statistics system ensures? • Universal coverage? If no, elaborate Yes • Is continuous? If no, elaborate Yes • Confidentiality? Elaborate on how Yes. + Civil registration data can not be illegally shared with private sector + Family registration conducted by Ministry of Public Security is not disseminated + Statistics data public regular

3. Does the vital statistics system ensures? • Regular dissemination? Provide examples. No. Only Statistics data disseminated: • Monthly report • Quarterly report • Annually report

4. What is the role of health institutions in the system? • Provides number of birth, foetal deaths and deaths. • Provides cause of death for study and as requested • Is there a body coordinating between statistics, civil registration, health and other institutions? No. • Do the definitions of vital events in the vital statistics system comply with international standards? • If no, specify which ones and elaborate Not all. Example: “recognition” is the legal acknowledgement not either voluntarily or compulsorily (just voluntarily), of the paternity of a child born out of wedlock. Not regulate “separation”.

5. Does the list of topics in the vital statistics system comply with internationally recommended core topics? Not includes: • Birth weight • Date Of Last Menstrual Period Of Mother/Gestational Age • Month in which pregnancy prenatal care began • Interval since last previous live birth/date of last previous live birth • Number of Children Born Alive to the marriage being dissolved • Number of dependent children of divorced persons • Mode of dissolution of previous marriage • Type of birth • Attendance at birth • Certifier • Type of certification

6. What is the coverage of civil registration? No system to assess Civil Registration • Are any of the quality assessment methods applied in the vital statistics system? • If yes, which ones and how often • If not, what are the obstacles Have no Vital Statistics System, there are no method to assess quality for VSS With Statistics data: - Monitoring on collecting information - automatic revise system available - International consultants are supported to assess surveys and census quality.

7. Action plan • Establish legal framework • Set up a committee to coordinate between statistics, civil registration, health and other institutions • Use international definition in collecting VS information • Use software for CR

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