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IPS243 Arbab A. K
VIII. Viet Nam
 Statistical Law 2003 updated in 2016.
 Development Plan of the Viet Nam Statistical Development
Strategy 2011 to 2020 and Vision to 2025 (VSDS11-20) drafted and
under implementation
 Statistical indicator system, updated 2016.
 National statistical survey program, updated 2016;
 Statistical information dissemination policy developed (2016)
 Design Master Sample Frame.
3. Conclusion
Capacity Development: SPARS implementation process has involved key
stakeholders from national institutions working on Agriculture and Rural
Statistics. Most of them have participated on the regional and global
conferences on different thematic areas. Country level workshops and
trainings were conducted in all countries to capacitate the people working in
ARS sector.
Funding Opportunities: In most of the countries the funding of activities
highlighted in SPARS was supposed to be done by the local government. But
due to limited resources available locally, many development partners and
technical agencies have started funding the SPARS activities in many countries
of the region. Few examples are
 Large scale crop production survey in Sri Lanka funded by ADB
 Livestock Survey in Myanmar funded by World Bank
 Joint crop monitoring in Bangladesh funded by ADB
 AGRIS tool is implemented in Cambodia, Nepal and being funded
by different partners and coordinated by FAO
 Pre Agriculture Census activities in Bhutan, Bangladesh, Laos, Timor
Leste being funded by FAO through TCP
 Major surveys in Agriculture are funded by local governments in
Indonesia, Malaysia, China and Pakistan.
 Livestock Census in Mongolia funded by local Government ets.
Challenges encountered during SPARS implementation:
Following are the main observed challenges during the SPARS implementation
process in the region
 Uncertain and inadequate financial resources;
 Limitedly skilled and demotivated human resources for developing
agricultural statistics;
 Weak institutional and organizational processes;
 Weak and underdeveloped methodological processes;

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