UN DESA’s Statistics Division will lead a mission to Hanoi on 6-10 April as part of the project Advancing the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) in Vietnam.

As part of the project “Advancing the SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting in pilot countries”, UN DESA’s Statistics Division in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme and the Convention of Biological Diversity Secretariat, are working in close collaboration with the General Statistics Office of Vietnam to develop a National Plan for advancing environmental-economic accounting in Vietnam.

The objective is to strengthen the national statistical system in support of developing an information system for sustainable development through the development of comparable environmental-economic accounts, including ecosystem accounts to support policy decisions.

A mission led by the Statistics Division will be in Vietnam to hold bilateral consultations and a high-level segment with Vietnamese officials, representatives of international organizations and other relevant stakeholders, with the objective to obtain high-level endorsement of the National Programme of Work. A national training workshop will also be held to increase capacity for the implementation of environmental economic accounts in various ministries in Vietnam.

For more information: Calendar of Events of UN DESA’s Statistics Division