Census Implementation

UNITED NATIONS’ SUPPORT TO THE VIETNAM POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2009

From 1 to 15 April 2009, thirty UN staff from five agencies helped monitor the 2009 Population and Housing Census in 21 provinces throughout the country. This is the first time that UN agencies in Viet Nam have jointly monitored a census.

The UN teams accompanied senior officers from the General Statistics Office and the Census Steering Committee (CSC) to monitor how data was collected. The teams observed data enumeration at individual households, watched particular groups such as students and migrant workers being interviewed, checked completed questionnaires and interviewed enumerators and their supervisors. Afterwards the teams shared their observations and recommendations with the CSC to further improve the quality of data collection.

The presence of a joint UN team in the field underlined the UN’s support to the census and clearly demonstrated how the UN agencies working together as one. By working closely together, agencies also had the opportunity to learn more from each other and in addition were able to combine the monitoring missions with monitoring other Programme Coordinating Groups (PCG) activities, at no additional cost.

Click here to see the key findings from the monitoring missions and the recommendations.