The Government issued Decree No. 130/2025/ND-CP dated June 11, 2025 regulating decentralization and delegation of authority in the statistical field.
The Decree clearly states that the decision to conduct a national statistical survey as prescribed in Point a, Clause 3, Article 28 of the Statistics Law shall be implemented by the Minister of Finance.
The adjustment and supplementation of the national statistical survey as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 29 of the Statistics Law shall be implemented by the Minister of Finance.
The assignment of agencies to conduct general statistics at other national statistics as prescribed in Point b, Clause 2, Article 29 of the Statistics Law shall be carried out by the Minister of Finance.
Regarding decentralization in the statistical field, the Decree stipulates the promulgation of regulations on dissemination of state statistical information of the centralized statistical organization system as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 5 of Decree No. 94/2016/ND-CP dated July 1, 2016, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Statistics Law by the Head of the National Statistical Agency.
The decision to conduct an investigation of statistical investigations assigned by the Ministry of Finance shall be implemented in the national statistical investigation program as prescribed in Point b, Clause 3, Article 28 of the Statistics Law by the Head of the national statistical agency.
The organization and coordination of research activities and application of advanced statistical methods in state statistical activities as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 50 of the Statistics Law shall be carried out by the Head of the National Statistical Agency.
This Decree takes effect from July 1, 2025.
This Decree expires from March 1, 2027, except in the following cases: Ministries and ministerial-level agencies report to the Government for proposal and are decided by the National Assembly to extend the application period of the entire or part of this Decree;
Laws and resolutions of the National Assembly, decrees and resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee, decrees and resolutions of the Government, and decisions of the Prime Minister with regulations on authority, responsibility for state management, procedures and order prescribed in this Decree shall be approved or promulgated from July 1, 2025, effective before March 1, 2027, and corresponding provisions in this Decree shall expire at the time the legal documents take effect.
