Decision No. 909/QD-TCTK dated August 16, 2021 on Occupation investigation measures for 2022

DECISION

ON OCCUPATION INVESTIGATION MEASURES FOR 2022

GENERAL DIRECTOR OF GENERAL STATISTICS OFFICE OF VIETNAM

Pursuant to Law on Statistics dated November 23, 2015;

Pursuant to Decree No. 97/2016/ND-CP dated July 1, 2016 of the Government on statistical indicator under national statistical indicator system;

Pursuant to Decision No. 10/2020/QD-TTg dated March 18, 2020 of Prime Minister on functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of General Statistics Office of Vietnam affiliated to Ministry of Planning and Investment;

Pursuant to Decision No. 43/2016/QD-TTg dated October 17, 2016 of Prime Minister on National statistical investigation program;

Pursuant to Decision No. 1793/QD-BKHDT dated December 12, 2016 of Minister of Planning and Investment authorizing General Director of General Statistics Office of Vietnam to sign Decision on conducting statistical investigation assigned under National statistical investigation program;

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At request of Director of Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application.

HEREBY DECIDES:

Article 1.Conduct Occupation investigation 2022 in 63 provinces and central-affiliated cities as per Investigation measures attached hereto.

Article 2.Assign Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application to take charge and cooperate with Department of Population and Labor Statistics, relevant entities of General Statistics Office of Vietnam, and Statistics Offices of provinces and central-affiliated cities in complying with the Measure accordingly.

Article 3.Director of Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application, Director of Department of Population and Labor Statistics, Director of Department of Solutions and Statistic Quality Control, Director of Department of Legal Affairs and Statistics Inspection, Director of Department of Financial Planning, Chief of Ministry Office of General Department, Directors of Statistics Offices of provinces and central-affiliated cities and provinces, and heads of relevant entities are responsible for implementation hereof./.

GENERAL DIRECTOR




Nguyen Thi Huong

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FOR OCCUPATION INVESTIGATION OF 2022
(Attached to Decision No. 909/QD-TCTK dated August 16, 2021 of General Director of General Statistics Office of Vietnam)

I. INVESTIGATION OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS

1. Investigation objectives

Occupation investigation in 2022 refers to investigation and selection of sample in national statistics investigation program for: collecting information on participation in labor market of people at 15 years of age or older and living in Vietnam to consolidate and prepare national statistical indicators regarding occupation, employment, unemployment, and income of workers. Investigation results assists the Government, Prime Minister, and ministries to assess, estimate fluctuation of labor market on the scale of the nation, provinces, and central-affiliated cities, develop, and prepare policies for development of human resources and manufacturing-business plans corresponding to trend of the labor market.  

2. Investigation requirements

- Comply with contents of the Measures.

- Secure information collected from survey respondents as per Law on Statistics.

- Manage and employ expenses of the investigation as per applicable laws, efficiently, and effectively.

- Investigation results must meet international competitive requirements, satisfy standard framework regarding occupation and labor as per recommendations of International Labour Organization (ILO).

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1. Scope of investigation

Occupation investigation is conducted in 63 provinces and central-affiliated cities.

2. Targets of investigation

Targets of investigations are individuals at 15 years of age or older and living in households, including individuals working in armed forces and living in households as permanent residents; not including individuals working in armed forces and living in boot camps.

3. Entities for investigation

Entities for investigations are households. A household may include one individual living alone or a group of individuals living together. For households with at least 2 members, all members may or may not share the same fund; may or may not have biological relationship, marital relationship, or nurturing relationship; or a combination of both.

III. TYPE OF INVESTIGATION

Occupation investigation is an investigation for sample collection with sample size sufficient for statistics estimations in regional level, Hanoi City, and Ho Chi Minh City on a quarterly basis, and provincial level on an annual basis.

Occupation investigation adopts stratified sampling methods in 2 stages: Stage 1: Choose sample location of investigation; Stage 2: Choose households in each sample location of investigation selected in stage 1 using systematic random sampling method. Sampling methods are presented in detail under Annex 1 hereof.

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IV. TIME, DATE, AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION

1. Time of investigation

Time for identifying number of individuals living in households as permanent residents shall be 12 a.m. of the first day of the month where the investigation is conducted.

2. Period of investigation

The period of investigation shall be 7 days before the time of investigation, except for cases of looking for employment where period of investigation shall be 30 days before the time of investigation.

3. Duration of investigation

Duration for collecting information at investigation location shall be 7 days (including time for moving around) starting from the first day of the month in which the investigation takes place.

4. Method of investigation

Occupation investigation shall adopt face-to-face interview utilizing electronic forms installed on tablets or smart phones or investigators. Investigators shall arrive at each household to investigate informants, collect information, and keep the answers in electronic forms.

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Household owners (or individuals who know other members of the household while the household owners are away) shall be the informants for providing information on permanent residents of households; residents at 15 years of age or older and living in Vietnam shall provide information on their economic activities.

V. CONTENTS AND INVESTIGATION FORMS

1. Contents of investigation

Occupation investigation collects information on demographic of household members, information on employment and work of household members at 15 years of age or older, to be specific:

a. Information on demographic of household members

- Full name of actual permanent residents of the households;

- Relationship with household owners;

- Gender;

- Date of birth or rounded down calendar age;

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- For individuals at 15 years of age or older and living overseas: collect information on country of residence.

b. Information on employment and work of household members at 15 years of age or older and living in Vietnam

- Marital status;

- Movement status;

- Academic and training statuses;

- The highest academic level and technical specialty;

- Major of training and time of graduation;

- Classification of economic activities;

- Primary work in the past 7 days;

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- Number of working hours and income;

- Lack of employment condition;

- Unemployment condition or economic inactivity condition;

- Work creating products or services for themselves and family.

2. Investigation forms

Occupational investigation employs a type of investigation form to collect information on household members, including household members at 15 years of age or older and living in Vietnam.

VI. CLASSIFICATION OF STATISTICS USED IN INVESTIGATION

Occupational investigation employs the following schedules and statistic classification:

- Schedule of Vietnamese administrative divisions attached to Decision No. 124/2004/QD-TTg dated July 8, 2004 of Prime Minister and changes updated by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam by December 31, 2021;

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- Schedule of education and training of national education system attached to Decision No. 01/2017/QD-TTg dated January 17, 2017 of Prime Minister;

- Schedule of occupations attached to Decision No. 34/2020/QD-TTg dated November 26, 2020 of Prime Minister;

- Schedule of countries and territories under professional manuals of occupational investigation;

- Schedule for conversion of lunar year to calendar year;

- Schedule for conversion of formal education level.

VII. PROCESSING AND OUTPUT SCHEDULES OF THE INVESTIGATION

1. Information processing

Investigation data from the electronic form uploaded by the investigators on a daily basis to servers via online data transmission. Here, supervisors of all levels shall inspect figures and accept figures online as per procedures for inspecting and accepting figures under professional manuals of occupational investigation.

2. Consolidation of investigation results

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VIII. INVESTIGATION PLAN[1]

Occupation investigation shall be conducted within the following time frame:

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Work entry

Implementation period

Entities in charge

1

Develop and finalize investigation solutions

June-July, 2021

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Design and finalize investigation form

August-September, 2021

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application, Department of Population and Labor Statistics

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Develop professional manuals and other documents

August-October, 2021

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application, Department of Population and Labor Statistics

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October-November, 2021

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application, Department of Population and Labor Statistics

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Review investigation location

Before December 10, 2021

Statistics Offices of provinces and cities

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Update investigation location on coordinating website

Before December 12, 2021

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Review, update household manifest, and send to Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application  

Before December 20, 2021

Statistics Offices of provinces and cities

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Update the manifest on coordinating website

Before December 25, 2021

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application

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Before December 29, 2021

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application, Department of Population and Labor Statistics

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Review households selected for investigation on a monthly basis

1 day before investigation

Statistics Offices of provinces and cities

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Compile, print, and issue (measures, documents guiding investigation profession) to serve training at all levels

December, 2021

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Organize training conferences for all levels

December, 2021

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application, Department of Population and Labor Statistics, Department of Solutions and Statistic Quality Control, Statistics Offices of provinces and cities, Statistics Sub-offices of provinces and cities

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Develop programs for selecting households, separating households into groups for rotation, and identifying list of households for investigation on a monthly basis

December, 2021

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application

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October-December, 2021

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application

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Investigate and collect information

From the 1^st to the 7^th each month

Statistics Offices of provinces and cities, Statistics Sub-offices of provinces and cities

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Examine and approve investigation forms

From the 1^st to the 7^th each month

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Examine and record number of investigation forms

From the 1^st to the 7^th each month

Statistics Offices of provinces and cities

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Send reports on lists of households selected for investigation and reports on replacement households (if any) to Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application

The 12^th of the last month of the quarter

Statistics Offices of provinces and cities

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The 20^th each month

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application, Department of Population and Labor Statistics

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Consolidate figures

The 22^nd of the last month of the quarter

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application, Department of Population and Labor Statistics

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Compile reports on analysis of estimated results serving press meetings for publicizing socio-economic facts every quarter, 6 months, 9 months, and year

The 24^th of the last month of the quarter

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Consolidate primary results of each quarter

The 30^th of the first month of the following quarter

Department of Population and Labor Statistics

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Report primary occupational investigation results in 2022

March 31, 2023

Department of Population and Labor Statistics

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The 2^nd Quarter, 2023

General Office, Department of Financial-Planning, Statistical Publishing House  

IX. INVESTIGATION ORGANIZATION

1. Preparation

a. Review location, update, adjust manifest, and select households for investigation

Location of occupational investigation is residential areas identified under General population and residence investigation in 2019.

Employ manifest regarding number of households and number of household members of General population and residence investigation in 2019 as the model to select households for occupational investigation. This manifest is an important tool to assist investigators to immediately and conveniently access and allow superiors to monitor investigators.

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application is responsible for providing detail guidelines, inspecting location review, updating manifest, and selecting households for investigation. Statistical Offices of provinces and central-affiliated cities shall assign Statistical Sub-offices to cooperate with officials of hamlets, neighborhoods in reviewing and updating manifest to select households for investigation as per the plan.

b. Select investigators and supervisors

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Supervisors shall supervise activities of investigators and provide specialized assistance for subordinate supervisors and investigators in field investigation. 3 levels of supervisors: central-level, provincial-level, and district-level.

c. Training for investigation operation

Training for investigation operation is conducted at 2 levels with each levels provide training in 2 days (1 of the 2 days involves providing instructions on how to use electronic forms).

- Central-level: General Statistics Office of Vietnam shall take charge and organize training for provincial lecturers and provincial lecturers.

- Provincial-level: Statistical Offices of provinces shall take charge and organize training for investigators and district-level supervisors.

d. Investigation documents

Investigation documents include guiding documents compiled by Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application and sent to Statistical Offices of provinces within the correct time and contents.

2. Physical investigation

Statistical Offices of provinces shall direct Statistical Sub-offices of districts to organize investigation and information collection in investigation location while collecting information at the correct households, within the correct standards, and within the correct deadline.

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Examination and supervision focus on investigation, examination, and form approval on supervision software. Examination and supervision procedures are as follows:

- For district-level supervisors: Supervise, examine, and approve figures of investigators assigned to take charge of the following tasks:

+ Examine daily investigation progress of investigators;

+ Examine quality of information on investigation form when the program notifies error related to investigation form in order to inform investigators about information in the form to be examined and verified again;

+ Approve re-investigation form in assigned areas when investigators have finished investigating and correcting errors;

+ Inform investigators about professional issues or answer questions of investigators relating to professional operation and use of smart electronic equipment;

+ Communicate with provincial supervisors regarding professional issues or technical issues in using smart electronic equipment during investigation.

- For province-level supervisors: Supervise, examine, and approve figures in investigation locations within assigned provinces with the following tasks:

+ Examine daily investigation progress of investigators via investigation form approved by district-level supervisors;

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+ Inform district-level supervisors about professional issues; answer questions of district-level supervisors relating to professional and technical issues in using smart electrical equipment;

+ Communicate with central-level supervisors regarding professional issues or technical issues in using smart electronic equipment during investigation.

- For central-level supervisors: Supervise, examine, and approve figures in assigned provinces with the following tasks:

+ Examine daily investigation progress of investigators via investigation form approved by province-level supervisors;

+ Examine quality of information on investigation form when the program notifies error related to investigation form of households in order to inform province-level supervisors about information in the form to be examined and verified again; approve figures of provinces assigned to supervise;

+ Inform province-level supervisors about professional issues; answer questions of district-level supervisors relating to professional and technical issues in using smart electrical equipment;

4. Examination, specifying of investigation form, and information processing

Statistical Offices of provinces shall organize examination and specifying of code after finishing investigation and transmitting data to General Statistics Office of Vietnam as per the law.

Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application shall develop requirements for software to specify code, investigation form, logistic algorithm, and form inspection and acceptance procedures.

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5. Directing implementation

a. Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application: Take charge developing measures, investigation form, designing form, selecting investigation form, calculating figure, compiling documents guiding investigation operation, guiding update of manifest, developing applications and software for managing investigation network and examining and approving figures online, developing software for consolidating investigation results, software for online supervision and technical support during investigation process, filtering and processing figures; cooperate with Department of Population and Labor Statistics in providing guidelines for software and applications in central professional and application training conferences, executing output result schedules, extracting in form of Excel spreadsheet, and sending to Department of Population and Labor Statistics.   

b. Department of Population and Labor Statistics:

- Design output schedules, cooperate with Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application in developing measures, investigation form, designing form, selecting investigation form, calculating figures, compiling documents guiding investigation operation, guiding update of manifest and requirements for software applications (manifest software, CAPI, website for operation coordination, sampling software), providing professional training, applying information technology, consolidating figures, and analyzing.  Compile and publicize investigation results, and conduct other affairs as per the Measures.

- Cooperate with relevant agencies in inspecting for acceptance in order to complete application software, finish instruction manuals for CAPI and website for operation coordination, investigation supervision, and figure examination and approval.

c. Department of Financial – Planning: Take charge and cooperate with Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application and Department of Population and Labor Statistics in estimating expenditure; guaranteeing investigation expenditure; providing guidelines on expenditure quotas for entities that utilize investigation expenditure; distributing expenditure; guiding entities to manage and utilize distributed expenditure and approve final accounts of entities.

d. General Statistics Office of Vietnam: Cooperate with Department of Data Collection and Statistical Technology Application and Department of Population and Labor Statistics in organizing central training conferences within the period specified under these Measures.

dd. Department of Legal Affairs and Statistics Inspection: Take charge and organize inspection of investigation as per annual approved inspection plans.

c. Statistical Offices of provinces and central-affiliated cities: Organize and direct the investigation in selected investigation locations, update of manifest; select; provide training for investigators and supervisors; conduct physical investigation; supervise and examine training and information collection in investigation locations; conduct inspection for acceptance and encode investigation form.  

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In order to rally support of ministries and the general public regarding the investigation, Statistical Offices of provinces shall develop thorough plans, utilize direction and encouragement of People’s Committees of all levels on a regular basis, and publicize purposes and meaning of the investigation, rights and obligations of targets of investigation in investigation locations.

f. Statistical Sub-offices of districts: Instruct investigators to implement tasks; participate in supervising investigation in their districts; examine and approve figures under investigation form as per assignment of Statistical Offices of provinces.

X. EXPENDITURE AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INVESTIGATION

Expenditure on Occupational investigation 2022 shall be guaranteed by the State budget for activities under these Measures. Management, use, and statement of expenditure shall conform to Circular No. 109/2016/TT-BTC dated June 30, 2016 of Ministry of Finance.

General Statistics Office of Vietnam is responsible for guiding management, use, and statement investigation expenditure as per applicable laws.

Within assigned estimates, heads of entities assigned with tasks are responsible for implementing the Occupational investigation 2022 as per Investigation measures, guiding documents of General Statistics Office of Vietnam, and applicable financial policies./.