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| The Director-General and Ambassador from Venezuela |
On 10 October 2008, MPI Deputy Minister, GSO Director-General Nguyen Duc Hoa had a meeting with representatives from embassies in Ha Noi.
In the introduction speech on the 2009 Population and Housing Census, Mr. Nguyen Duc Hoa laid emphasis on the importance of the conducting of the Census in order to meet 4 big requirements: (1) Research and analysis of the growing process of population and housing over the whole country and in each locality; (2) Provision of information to evaluate the implementation of social-economic developments plans in period 2001-2010 and make socio-economic development plans for period 2011-2020; (3) Monitoring of the implementation of United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that Viet Nam has undertaken; and (4) The Census will provide international organizations with more information to help them in carrying out their studies and assessments about Viet Nam.
Mr. Hoa informed representatives of details of preparatory progress for the Census and incoming plan as well as the application of new scanning technology in the 2009 Census. Especially, Mr. Hoa proposed items that needed supports from foreign countries, with the objective of improving quality of the 2009 Population and Housing Census.
Representatives expressed their interest and cooperation, and promised to support the 2009 Population and Housing Census in Viet Nam.
Mr. Nguyen Duc Hoa expressed his thanks to the care from international countries to the 2009 Population and Housing Census.
