Rural and agricultural census: Linking progress with information quality

The 2025 Rural and Agricultural Census officially started on July 1 and lasted until July 30. Notably, the first day of the census also coincided with the time when the two-level local authorities came into operation, creating a new momentum in the statistical investigation work. The whole Bac Ninh province has 3,929 survey areas with more than 516,500 households listed, 3,616 investigators, 301 team leaders and nearly 75 supervisors at all levels conducting the census.

Central Supervisor and Provincial Steering Committee supervised investigators collecting information in Phu Du village, Gia Binh commune.

Mr. Pham Van Han, Chairman of the People's Committee of Phuc Hoa Commune, said: "Although the work is busy, we try to direct all departments, branches, organizations, even villages and households to coordinate with investigators to best complete the investigation, ensuring accurate and timely data."

Up to now, the whole province has basically completed 476 enterprise and cooperative questionnaires, reaching 100% of the list; completed 228/228 commune and town questionnaires, reaching 100% of the plan; surveyed 546 farms, accounting for 93.96% of the farms that have been listed and completed the survey of 510,915/516,593 households, reaching 98.92% of the list. After completing the data collection stage, the forces participating in the investigation in the whole province urgently completed correcting the logic errors of the entire household survey questionnaires and sample household questionnaires, and by August 30, 2025, basically corrected the logic errors. The results of the general survey will make an important contribution to the planning of policies for rural and agricultural development, improving the lives of farmers in the coming time.

Up to now, the collection of information for the 2025 Rural and Agricultural Census has been implemented according to plan and schedule. The goal of completing information collection in the area by July 30, 2025 has been achieved throughout the province.

Comrade Dong Van Sung, Chief of Provincial Statistics, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the General Census of Bac Ninh province, said: By July 28, the province had completed 2,489/3,929 localities, 3 days ahead of schedule. To achieve this result, the Provincial Steering Committee and the Standing Team regularly reviewed and updated the implementation status, promptly removed difficulties and ensured all conditions for the survey. Notably, due to changes in the organization of the local administrative apparatus according to new regulations, some steering committees and standing teams at the district and commune levels no longer exist, causing difficulties in direction and organization. In this situation, along with the whole country, the province flexibly adjusted the plan: Collecting information from commune ballots from June 15 to June 30, instead of from July 1 according to the original plan of the Central Government, to suit the actual situation.

Compared to previous surveys, the 2025 Rural and Agricultural Census has many new features including: expanded information content, more modern collection methods, and strong application of information technology in checking, processing, and completing data. The Provincial Census Steering Committees at all levels have regularly directed, monitored, inspected, and supervised the implementation of data collection at the grassroots level. The reporting and updating of progress has also been carried out regularly and seriously by localities. Information and communication between the Provincial Census Steering Committee and the commune-level steering committees have been maintained smoothly. Thanks to that, professional problems in the first days of collecting information in the area have been handled and resolved promptly. Problems arising during the census process such as: Incomplete survey form software, duplicate households in the list of tables, and professional problems arising during the process of collecting information in the area have been promptly supplemented by the Central Steering Committee.

Mr. Tran Thai Binh and the investigators of Phuc Hoa commune visited each household in Luc Lieu Tren village and Tien Son village to collect data for the General Census. In Phuc Hoa commune, after the administrative unit arrangement, there are 38 investigation areas, more than 5,860 households surveyed in agriculture, forestry and fishery, accounting for 95.38% of the total households in the commune. Mr. Binh shared: "The current scale of the commune is larger than before, so we need to be familiar with the area. As an investigator, I have tried my best to complete the assigned task well."

In addition, propaganda activities for this General Census have been promoted with many diverse forms such as banners, slogans, loudspeakers, mobile propaganda vehicles, etc. Thanks to good propaganda work, the General Census has received support and cooperation from a large number of survey subjects.

According to the Provincial Statistics, up to this point, the collection of information for the 2025 Rural and Agricultural Census has been implemented according to plan and schedule. The goal of completing information collection in the area by July 30, 2025 has been achieved throughout the province.

Article and photos: Thanh Ngan

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