Luật Thống kê sửa đổi 2025

LAW

ON AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE STATISTICS LAW

Pursuant to Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam amended by Resolution No. 203/2025/QH15;

The National Assembly hereby promulgates a Law on amendments to certain articles of the Statistics Law No. 89/2015/QH13 which is amended by Law No. 01/2021/QH15.

Article 1. Amendments to certain articles of the Statistics Law

1. Amendments to certain clauses of Article 3:

a) Amendments to Clause 5:

“5. Statistical database means a collection of interrelated statistical data and information arranged and organized in a specific structure for access, management and updating serving statistical objectives and other objectives according to laws. A statistical database is formed primarily from statistical data and information obtained from statistical surveys, administrative records, statistical reports, national databases, specialized databases and local databases.”;

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“8. Statistical survey means the collection of statistical data and information on a specific subject of study according to scientific and standardized method determined in the statistical survey scheme for each survey.

9. Statistical surveyor means a person engaged or mobilized by an agency or organization carrying out a statistical survey to collect, or provide guidance on the collection of, information for that survey.";

c) Amendments to Clause 11:

“11. Statistical activities mean activities involving the determination of information needs, preparation for data collection, collection, processing and compilation; analysis and forecasting, publication, dissemination, storage and quality assessment of statistical information on phenomena under study under specific spatial and temporal conditions.

2. Amendments to Point b Clause 3 Article 5:

“b) Equality in access to, extraction and use of published state statistical data and information;”.

3. Amendments to Article 8:

“Article 8. Specialized statistical inspection

1. Specialized statistical inspection means the examination, assessment and handling by competent authorities or persons of compliance with the law on statistics by agencies, organizations and individuals falling within the scope of state management of statistics.

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4. Amendments to Point b Clause 2 Article 14:

“b) Statistical information generated by specialized agencies under the provincial and commune-level People’s Committees; the provincial People’s Courts, the Regional People’s Courts; the Provincial People's Procuracies and the Regional People's Procuracies and provided to such ministry or central authority for compilation.”.

5. Amendments to Point b Clause 2 Article 15:

“b) Statistical information generated by specialized agencies under the provincial People's Committee, the provincial People's Court, the provincial People's Procuracy and organizations and units of ministries and central authorities located within the provincial administrative division, and provided to the provincial statistics authority for compilation.”.

6. Amendments to Article 16:

“Article 16. Provincial statistical information system

1. The commune-level statistical information system shall reflect the principal socio-economic conditions of a commune-level administrative division.

2. The statistical information system of a commune shall comprise:

a) Statistical information generated by the grassroots statistics authority;

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3. The head of the grassroots statistics authority shall be responsible for the management of the commune-level statistical information system.

The heads of the agencies referred to in Point b, Clause 2 of this Article shall be responsible for managing statistical information within their assigned sectors and  fields.”.

7. Amendments to certain clauses of Article 19:

a) Amendments to Clause 1:

“1. The statistical indicator system of a ministry or central authority is a set of statistical indicators promulgated by a Minister, the Head of a ministerial agency, the Chief Justice of the Supreme The People's Court, the Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy, or the Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam for the collection of statistical information to form the statistical information system of that ministry or central authority and the national statistical information system.”;

b) Addition of Clause 1a after Clause 1:

"1a. The statistical indicator system of a ministry or central authority shall comprise statistical indicators relating to the sectors and fields assigned to that ministry or central authority and statistical indicators relating to multiple sectors, multiple fields, multiple administrative divisions, or multiple regions assigned to that ministry or central authority.”;

c) Amendments to Clause 2:

“2. Statistical indicators under the statistical indicator system of a ministry or central authority shall be compiled by:

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b) The ministry or central authority and relevant assigned agencies in accordance with the requirements of sectoral and field management;

c) Statistical information generated by specialized agencies under the provincial and commune-level People’s Committees; the provincial People’s Courts, the Regional People’s Courts; the Provincial People's Procuracies and the Regional People's Procuracies and provided to ministries and central authorities for compilation.”;

d) Amendments to Clause 4:

“4. Ministers and Heads of ministerial agencies, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuracy, and the Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam shall promulgate statistical indicator systems of their respective ministries or central authorities.”.

8. Amendments to Clause 4 of Article 20:

“4. The appraisal shall be completed within 10 days from the date on which the appraising authority receives a complete dossier. In cases involving complex matters, the appraisal period shall not exceed 20 days.”.

9. Amendments to Article 22:

“Article 22. Provincial and commune-level statistical indicator systems

1. A provincial statistical indicator system is a set of statistical indicators for forming the provincial statistical information system, the statistical information system of a ministry or central authority, and the national statistical information system.

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2. The provincial and commune-level statistical indicator systems serve as the basis for the assignment and cooperation among regulatory authorities in performing statistical activities at each level and in formulating statistical reporting regulations of ministries and central authorities, provinces and communes.

3. Provincial and commune-level statistical indicator systems shall be developed in conformity with the national statistical indicator system and the statistical indicator systems of ministries and central authorities while meeting management requirements of local authorities.

4. The Minister of Finance shall promulgate statistical indicator systems of provinces and communes.”.

10. Amendments to Clause 4 of Article 26:

“4. The appraisal shall be completed within 10 days from the date on which the appraising authority receives a complete dossier. In cases involving complex matters, the appraisal period shall not exceed 20 days.”.

11. Amendments to Clause 2 of Article 27:

“2. National statistical censuses and statistical surveys outside in the National statistical survey program.”.

12. Amendments to Article 28:

“Article 28. National statistical survey program

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The National statistical survey program shall specify the name of each survey, its objectives, subjects, units, type of survey, principal survey contents, survey periodicity, and the lead and coordinating agencies responsible for implementation.

The National statistical survey program shall serve as the basis for ministries and central authorities to formulate statistical survey plans, statistical survey schemes, budget estimates, and to conduct statistical surveys.

2. The Ministry of Finance shall take charge and cooperate with ministries and central authorities in performing the following tasks:

a) Formulating and submitting to the Prime Minister for promulgation, amendment or supplementation the National Statistical Survey Program;

b) Providing guidance on, inspecting, and reporting the implementation the National statistical survey program.

3. The authority to decide to conduct surveys within the National statistical survey program shall be as follows:

a) The Minister of Finance has the authority to decide to conduct national statistical censuses prescribed at Points a, b and c, Clause 1, Article 29 of this Law;

b) Ministers and Heads of ministerial agencies and Governmental agencies, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuracy, and the Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam have the authority to decide to conduct statistical surveys assigned to them under the National statistical survey program;

c) Heads of central statistics authorities have the authority to decide to conduct statistical surveys assigned to the Ministry of Finance for implementation under the National statistical survey program.”.

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a) Amendments to Point b Clause 2:

“b) Ministers and Heads of ministerial agencies and Governmental agencies, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuracy, and the Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam shall conduct the censuses specified in point d clause 1 of this Article.”;

b) Amendments to Clause 3:

“3. Ministers and Heads of ministerial agencies and Governmental agencies, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuracy, and the Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam shall decide adjustments and supplements to the national statistical censuses assigned to them for implementation.”.

14. Amendments to Article 30:

“Article 30. Statistical surveys outside the national statistical survey program

1. Statistical surveys outside the national statistical survey program include:

a) National statistical censuses prescribed at Point d, Clause 1, Article 29 of this Law;

b) Ad hoc statistical surveys conducted in the event of natural disasters, epidemics or other extraordinary circumstances;

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d) Statistical surveys conducted to collect information of specific nature serving the management  requirements of the provincial People’s Committees.

2. The authority to decide to conduct surveys outside the National statistical survey program shall be as follows:

a) Ministers and Heads of ministerial agencies and Governmental agencies, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuracy, and the Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam have the authority to decide the statistical surveys specified in points a, b and c clause 1 of this Article;

b) Chairpersons of the provincial People’s Committees have the authority to decide to conduct the statistical surveys specified in point d clause 1 of this Article.”.

15. Amendments to certain Points of Clause 2 of Article 31:

a) Amendments to Point d:

“d) Reference time, reference period, data collection period and survey method;”;

b) Amendments to Point g:

“g) Procedures for information processing and compilation of survey results;”.

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“3. The appraisal shall cover the objectives, scope, survey subjects, survey units, type of survey, reference time, reference period, data collection period and survey method, survey contents, questionnaires, and statistical classifications used in the survey.

4. The appraisal shall be completed within 10 days from the date on which the appraising authority receives a complete dossier. In cases involving complex matters, the appraisal period shall not exceed 20 days. For appraisal of statistical survey schemes prescribed at Point b, Clause 1, Article 30 of this Law, the appraisal period shall be 05 working days.”.

17. Amendments to Point c Clause 2 Article 33:

“c) To be subject to verification by agencies conducting statistical surveys in respect of the information provided.”.

18. Amendments to Point a Clause 2 Article 34:

“a) To collect information in strict accordance with statistical survey schemes and the instructions of agencies conducting statistical surveys and guide the collection thereof;”.

19. Point c is added to Clause 1 of Article 40 as follows:

“c) Statistical reporting regulations of provinces and communes.”.

20. Amendments to Point a Clause 2 Article 42:

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21. Addition of Article 42a after Article 42:

“Article 42a. Statistical reporting regulations of provinces and communes

1. Provincial and commune-level statistical reporting regulations shall be implemented to collect statistical information included in provincial and commune-level statistical indicator systems.

2. Agencies and organizations implementing provincial and commune-level statistical reporting regulations include:

a) Specialized agencies under the provincial and commune-level People’s Committees; the provincial People’s Courts, the regional People's Courts; the provincial People's Procuracies and the regional People's Procuracies; provincial statistical agencies and grassroots statistical agencies; provincial tax authorities and grassroots tax authorities; provincial social insurance authorities and grassroots social insurance authorities;

b) Other agencies and  organizations as prescribed by law.

3. The Minister of Finance shall promulgate provincial and commune-level statistical reporting regulations.”.

22. Amendments to Clause 4 of Article 43:

“4. The appraisal shall be completed within 10 days from the date on which the appraising authority receives a complete dossier. In cases involving complex matters, the appraisal period shall not exceed 20 days.

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“Chapter V

RESEARCH, APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN STATE STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES”.

24. Amendments to Article 51:

“Article 51. Development and application of information technology and digital transformation

1. The State shall give priority to investment in the development and application of information technology and digital transformation in state statistical activities, including:

a) The information infrastructure system of the system of state statistical organizations;

b) The national statistical database; connection of the national statistical database with national databases, specialized databases and local databases for the provision and updating of information;

c) Specialized databases;

d) Application software;

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2. The State shall encourage enterprises to provide products and services relating to the development and application of information technology and digital transformation in statistical activities.

3. The Minister of Finance shall organize and coordinate the development and application of information technology and digital transformation in a unified manner, ensuring synchronization, computerization and process standardization in state statistical activities.  Ministers, Heads of ministerial agencies, Heads of Governmental agencies, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuracy, the Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Viet Nam, and Chairpersons of the provincial People's Committees shall organize the implementation of the development and application of information technology and digital transformation in the statistical activities of their respective ministries, central authorities and local authorities.”.

25. Addition of Article 51a after Article 51:

“Article 51a. National statistical databases

1. A national statistical database is a statistical database compiled from statistical data and relevant databases nationwide, which are interconnected, integrated, standardized, stored, updated, centrally managed and operated in a uniform manner.

2. Central statistics authorities shall take the lead in developing, managing and updating national statistical databases. Ministries, central authorities and local authorities shall be responsible for providing and updating the statistical data assigned to them.

3. A national statistical database shall be updated periodically from the following sources:  statistical surveys, statistical reporting regulations, administrative data, national databases, specialized databases, local databases, and other lawful data sources, ensuring standardization, consistency, completeness, accuracy, and timeliness.

4. National statistical databases shall be connected to and share data with specialized databases and national databases in accordance with law.”.

26. Addition of Point a1 before point a clause 2 of Article 53:

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27. Amendments to Clause 3 of Article 62:

“3. Central statistics authorities are national statistics authorities responsible for assisting the Minister of Finance in performing the state management of statistics; organizing statistical activities; coordinating statistical activities; providing socio-economic statistical information to agencies, organizations and individuals in accordance with law; and serving as the central hub for connecting, integrating and uniformly managing national statistical databases.”.

28. Amendments to Article 64:

“Article 64. Statistical activities in commune-level administrative divisions

The commune-level People’s Committees shall be responsible for organizing the implementation of statistical work to facilitate the management by commune-level authorities; implementing State statistical reporting regulations, cooperating in conducting statistical surveys.”.

29. Annulment of point dd clause 2 Article 44 and clause 5 Article 62.

30. Annulment or replacement of the following phrases:

a) The phrase “, cấp huyện” (“, district level or district”) in Point d, Clause 2 of Article 48, Clause 3 of Article 50, clause 3 Article 52, clause 2 Article 59 shall be annulled;

b) The phrase “cấp huyện” (“district level or district”) shall be replaced with the phrase “cấp xã” (“commune level or commune") in clause 4 Article 12, clause 3 Article 13 and clause 1 Article 42;

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d) The phrase “Ministry of Planning and Investment" shall be replaced with the phrase “Ministry of Finance” in Clause 2 of Article 7, Clause 3 of Article 13, Clause 6 of Article 17, Clause 4 of Article 24, Clause 3 of Article 50, Clause 3 of Article 52, Clause 3 of Article 60, and Clause 2 of Article 62.

Article 2. Effect

This Law comes into force from January 01, 2026.

This Law was passed on December 10, 2025, by the XVth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 10th session.

CHAIRPERSON OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY




Tran Thanh Man