On the afternoon of June 4, 2021, the General Statistics Office held an online conference to guide the Statistical Departments of the provinces and centrally-run cities to hold a press conference to announce socio-economic statistics. Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, General Director chaired the Conference, attended the Conference directly at the headquarters of the General Statistics Office, with representatives of leaders and experts from some units under the General Statistics Office. Online there are 63 bridge points at the Bureau of Statistics.

Speaking at the opening of the Conference, Director General Nguyen Thi Huong emphasized the importance of the press conference to announce socio-economic statistics as one of the important activities of the work of disseminating information. statistical information. Piloted from 2019 and officially implemented from 2020, the Statistics Department's press conference to announce data every six months and for the whole year has achieved remarkable results, helping to bring statistical information to the public. make statistics available to a large number of information users, creating trust and consensus of the People's Committees and local departments and agencies in the use of statistics calculated and published by the Statistics sector. However, the organization of press conferences also encountered many difficulties due to objective and subjective reasons that needed to be discussed and resolved.

Implementing the Conference Program, the participants listened to the presentation by leaders and experts of the Department of Statistics, General Statistics and Dissemination of Statistical Information, Department of National Accounts System, Numbers and Facts Journal. the following contents: Guidance on the process and preparation documents for the press conference; how to write socio-economic reports and press releases; how to make slides for press conference; exchange on the publication of GRDP data; how to ask questions and interact with journalists during press conferences. The conference also spent time for the delegates to discuss the contents presented.

Speaking at the closing of the Conference, Director General Nguyen Thi Huong once again affirmed the importance of organizing a press conference to announce socio-economic data at the Statistics Departments, considering it both a responsibility, obligations and interests of the Statistics industry, and at the same time assign tasks to units in the Industry to continue to perform better this task in the coming time.