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Vietnam targets to ranked in top four nations in trade statistics of ASEAN

Vietnam will strive to become one of the top four nations in international trade statistics of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2017 and one of the top five countries in statistics of the region by 2020.

Prime Minister has approved a plan for Vietnam's integration into the ASEAN Statistics system in the 2016-2020 period. According to the plan's general targets by 2020, Vietnam's statistics system will integrate comprehensively with the ASEAN system. 
The plan aims to develop Vietnam's statistics system in order to meet the basic requirements of the regional statistics system and become one of the developed statistics systems in ASEAN. 
By 2016, Vietnam will establish a mechanism to provide and share information among domestic statistics agencies and organisations. Vietnam's General Statistics Office, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, will provide Vietnam's statistical data to the ASEAN statistics system. 
Vietnam will strive to become one of the top four nations in international trade statistics of the ASEAN by 2017.
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By 2020, Vietnam Statistics will meet 90% of the demand for figures by the ASEAN statistics system and the activities and figures of the ASEAN system will become popular in Vietnam. Vietnam will strive to become one of the top five nations in statistics of the ASEAN by 2020. 
In order to implement the targets, the plan said Vietnam Statistics has to complete the legal framework, develop workforce and the quality of staff in the statistics system, set up statistics organisations and promote application of information technology in statistical activities. 
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