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CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS

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Viet Nam

The civil registration system in Vietnam is primarily organized by the Ministry of Justice at national level, which then coordinates with its offices at Provincial, District and Commune level, each time in collaboration with the local People’s Committee. At commune level, this organization relies on the community and Village workers. Each of the levels helps with Civil registration management and production of Vital statistics. The Ministry of Justice collaborates with the Ministry of Public Security.

In November 2014, the National Assembly adopted Law on Civil registration which is the highest legal document regulating civil registration. A decision of the Minister of Justice on the project “National electronic civil status database” (2015) created the e-Civil registration database (e-CRD), which started to be implemented in 2016, at first in a few provinces and progressively spread. This digitalization makes it easier to produce timely and accurate Vital statistics.

A National Action Programme on CRVS for the period of 2017 – 2024 was adopted, proclaiming different goals aligned with the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific, such as to ensure complete, accurate and legitimate civil registration and vital statistics, to ensure that everyone is provided with legal documentation and to create a more consistent coordination mechanism among related sectors.

There General Statistics Office is responsible for publishing vital statistics, predominantly based on surveys and census.

CRVS Focal Point:

Mr. Nguyen Cong Khanh, Director General of the Department of Civil registration, nationality and attestation, Ministry of Justice

Viet Nam

Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events

Goal 1 Targets:

1.A

By 2024, at least 97 per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

1.B

By 2024, at least 98.5 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdictionhave had their birth registered.

1.C

By 2024, at least 75 per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

1.D

By 2024, at least 90 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

1.E

By 2024, at least 80 per cent of all deaths recorded by the health sector in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year have a medically certified cause of death recorded using the international form of the death certificate.

Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights

Goal 2 Targets:

2.A

By 2024, 100 per cent of all births registered in the territory and jurisdiction are accompanied with the issuance of an official birth certificate that includes, as a minimum, the individual’s name, sex, date and place of birth, and name of parent(s) where known.

2.B

By 2024, 100 per cent of all deaths registered in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are accompanied with the issuance of an official death certificate which includes, as a minimum, the deceased’s name, date of death, sex, and age.

Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated

Goal 3 Targets:

3.A

By 2022, annual nationally representative statistics on births – disaggregated by age of mother, sex of child, geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources

3.B

By 2024, annual nationally representative statistics on deaths – disaggregated by age, sex, cause of death defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate), geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.

3.C

By 2024, at least 80 per cent of deaths occurring in health facilities or with the attention of a medical practitioner have an underlying cause of death code derived from the medical certificate according to the standards defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate)

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to … per cent.

3.E

By 2024, at least 50 per cent of deaths taking place outside of a health facility and without the attention of a medical practitioner have their underlying cause of death code determined through verbal autopsy in line with international standards.

3.F

By 2022, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on births and deaths using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within one calendar year.

3.G

By 2024, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on causes of death using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within two calendar years.

2024

80%

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to … per cent.

3.E

Note: In light of recent countries’ experiences, Verbal autopsy is not encouraged to be applied to a large population scale, but rather on a representative sample. To reflect this, Target 3E is not anymore monitored by the coverage percentage of Verbal autopsy, but by the use or not of Verbal autopsy and its different applications.

TARGET

2024

Yes

3.F

TARGET

2022

3.G

TARGET

2024

3.H

By 2024, an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.

TARGET