Efforts to ensure no one is left behind in the global data age

Photo caption — Scene of the rally to celebrate World Statistics Day 2025.

Speaking at the ceremony, Director of the General Statistics Office ( Ministry of Finance ) Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong said that on June 3, 2010, the United Nations General Assembly officially approved October 20 every year as World Statistics Day. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly decided to celebrate World Statistics Day every five years.

This year, the global statistical community celebrates the fourth World Statistics Day (20/10/2025). This is an occasion to honor the value of dedication, honesty, and professionalism of statistical work, and to raise awareness among governments and people about the important role of data and statistics in building evidence-based policies for a sustainable future.

The theme of World Statistics Day 2025 is “Driving change through data and quality statistics for all”. This theme is strategically significant as the world approaches the 2030 milestone to assess progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015.

Director Nguyen Thi Huong emphasized that over the years, the Vietnam Statistics sector has always actively participated in and contributed to regional and global statistical activities, constantly innovating to compile and provide timely economic and social statistical information, effectively serving the Party and State in policy making and management from the central to local levels.

The theme of World Statistics Day 2025 further affirms the commitment of national statistical systems in responding to new challenges, ensuring no one is left behind in the global data era.

At the ceremony, Director Nguyen Thi Huong read the congratulatory letter on World Statistics Day from Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, which is a great source of encouragement for those working in statistics.

In the letter, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his belief that with extensive experience, good traditions and achieved results, the collective leadership, civil servants, public employees, workers of the Statistics sector and those working in statistics nationwide will always join hands, be unanimous, innovate and be creative, successfully complete assigned tasks, improve the quality of statistical information, ensure truthful, objective, complete and timely data, serve the Party, State, business community and people, and make an important contribution to bringing the country firmly into the era of strong, civilized and prosperous development of the nation.

Within the framework of the high-level discussion with the theme "Statistics for a sustainable future in the digital age - Vietnam's SDG monitoring journey", delegates focused on discussing and clarifying the importance of data, disaggregated by gender, age, and ethnicity in SDG monitoring and evidence-based policy making; gaps and recommendations.

In addition, delegates frankly discussed and pointed out opportunities, challenges and solutions in promoting digitalization towards a sustainable future based on digital technology; clarified the role of statistics in the country's development process; emphasized innovation and cooperation in statistics. At the same time, towards a registration-based Population Census, the current situation and future directions.

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