Getting ready for the Agricultural and Rural Census

On July 1, the Statistics Department will conduct the 2025 Rural and Agricultural Census (2025 Rural and Agricultural Census) to collect comprehensive information on agriculture, forestry, fisheries and the current state of rural development nationwide. With this meaning, Can Tho City has been focusing on making careful preparations for the survey plan, human resources... to ensure the successful implementation of the 2025 Rural and Agricultural Census on schedule, with quality, safety and efficiency.

Can Tho City organizes training on the 2025 Rural and Agricultural Census to ensure synchronous implementation.

Many new points

According to Decision No. 484/QD-TTg dated June 7, 2024 of the Prime Minister , the 2025 Census will collect information for 30 days, from July 1 to July 30, 2025. Preliminary results will be announced in December 2025. Official results will be announced in March 2026. Thematic analysis reports will be published in July 2026.

Mr. Tran Ho Binh Tuy, Deputy Head of the Can Tho City Statistics Office, said: The 2025 National Population and Housing Census is one of the most important censuses of the Statistics sector, conducted periodically every 10 years. The results of the 2025 National Population and Housing Census serve the compilation of relevant statistical indicators belonging to the national statistical indicator system; the compilation of socio -economic indicators to serve the assessment of the current situation, analysis of changing trends, development of plans and strategies for rural development, agriculture, forestry and fisheries (AFF) and improvement of the living standards of rural residents nationwide as well as in each locality. Serves research to assess the scale and structure of rural labor and AFF; changes in rural infrastructure; the implementation of some contents of national programs and targets in the rural and AFF sectors; serves international comparisons of rural and AFF indicators. Build a database on rural areas and NLTS to serve in-depth research; serve as a sampling frame for a number of annual periodic surveys on the NLTS sector and meet other statistical requirements.

The 2025 Census has many new features. That is, more information is collected and the coverage is more complete. Changes in the design and implementation method of household list forms help to collect complete information and save costs. Connecting information from farm forms and household forms helps to improve the quality of information and exploit multidimensional information for analysis and report compilation. At the same time, maximizing the exploitation of existing administrative data and survey data to minimize field collection. Changes in the form of information collection using electronic survey forms (CAPI and Webform) and online data management methods. Actively applying information technology in checking, cleaning and completing data such as applying machine learning to check and complete the industry code of the household based on the industry of the household's workers; using digital maps in some stages of the 2025 Census...

Ready for the launch day

To prepare for the 2025 National Population Census to be implemented as planned, Can Tho City has established the 2025 National Population Census Steering Committee, a standing team to assist the Steering Committees at all levels; issued a specific implementation plan for the 2025 National Population Census, assigned tasks to each member and built a roadmap to implement the work to ensure the set progress. Completed the Steering Committee and standing team according to the actual situation of the localities. By June 5, 2025, the work of collecting information on household lists in both urban and rural areas throughout the city had been completed.

The City Steering Committee for the 2025 Census organized a training course on general census techniques to help members of the Steering Committee, standing teams, and supervisors at all levels understand the purpose, requirements, and methods of organization and implementation of the 2025 Census to achieve the required results. At the same time, discuss and clarify the content of the plan, professional documents of the 2025 Census, guide the process of information collection, data management, etc. to improve the effectiveness of the 2025 Census information collection, ensuring quality. Along with that, promote information and propaganda work in many forms on the policies, purposes, and significance of the census, creating consensus and active cooperation from the people in the implementation process...

With a high determination to carry out well and ensure the progress of the 2025 National Population Census in the city, contributing to the overall success of the National Population Census nationwide, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc He, Vice Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee, requested the City Statistics Office to preside over and proactively coordinate with the forces in the Steering Committees at all levels to provide timely guidance and support throughout the implementation of the 2025 National Population Census, ensuring that the investigation is correct, sufficient, and meets the quality requirements of the Central Census plan. At the same time, it is necessary to update the instructions related to the reorganization of the commune level, preparing for the new apparatus to officially operate from July 1, 2025. On the other hand, it is necessary to focus on emulation and reward work at both the city and commune levels, creating motivation for collectives and individuals to complete their tasks well...

* The 2025 Census will collect three groups of information: the current status of agricultural, forestry and fishery production; the current status of rural areas; and information on rural residents.

* The subjects of the investigation include: workers participating in agricultural and forestry activities; households participating in agricultural and forestry activities; farms, enterprises, and cooperatives participating in agricultural and forestry activities; and commune People's Committees.

* The 2025 Census will simultaneously implement two methods of information collection: direct interviews (using electronic survey forms - CAPI and paper survey forms) and indirect information collection (using electronic survey forms - Webform) from survey units.

Article and photos: T. TRINH

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