Officials of the Bureau of Statistics and Economic and Social Surveys via specialized App, thanks to the mobile phone support tool.
At the beginning of August 2021, there are many areas in the province where the distance is implemented due to the Covid-19 epidemic, so officials and employees of the Provincial Statistics Office are encouraged to work online from home. However, the work did not face significant obstacles because the industry's website as well as the weekly, monthly and quarterly reports sent to agencies, departments and sectors were still fully and timely implemented. Timely and effectively thanks to the IT application unit in professional and professional activities.

Mr. Le Van Hung, Deputy Director of the Provincial Statistics Office said: Currently, 100% of officials and civil servants of the sector are fully equipped with computers with high-speed internet connection. During this period, all meetings, trainings, and task deployments are still conducted in full and in accordance with industry regulations, but in an online form.

Currently, the statistics branch of Lao Cai province has equipped 5 online meeting rooms (1 central meeting room at the Statistics Department and 4 rooms in the affiliated branches) connected from the central government to the province and district; 70 personal computers, 100% of computers are connected to the internet, 1 website of the Statistics Department of Lao Cai province has the address: http://cucthongkelaocai.gov.vn... In addition, every year, the Department Statistics organizes 4-5 training courses to improve professional qualifications and use specialized software for officials and civil servants of the province's statistics branch.

In the work of surveying, collecting and processing information, has been gradually applied by the statistics industry in general and the Provincial Statistics Office in particular, such as intelligent character recognition technology applied in the processing of the Census. numbers and housing in 2009, the 2011 Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census, 2014 Mid-term Population and Housing Census... Information from many surveys in the fields of industry, agriculture Industry, commerce, prices, population, society, environment are all processed and synthesized by application software.

From 2020 to now, nearly 50% of statistical surveys have used IT, which has contributed to reducing costs and human resources, improving data quality, shortening information processing time and announcing results of investigation. check. In particular, the 2021 economic census phase 2, from July 1 to July 30, 2021 took place at the time when the Covid-19 epidemic was complicated. With the positivity and initiative, the statistics industry has thoroughly applied IT in the census and collected information on electronic forms (capi and webfom), so the progress and content requirements must be on schedule.

Besides, the promotion of IT application has helped the statistical products of the industry to be improved in both quantity and quality. Products that are regularly disseminated monthly, quarterly and annually such as general reports, leaflets on socio-economic situation, statistical yearbooks of provinces and districts are fully and timely implemented. time and efficiency. The statistics industry also completed many data sets, conducted many unplanned surveys on the socio-economic development situation to serve all levels and sectors in assessing, formulating and planning development goals. development for each stage.

According to the leader of the Provincial Statistics Office, in order to more effectively implement the application of IT and improve the quality of work, the industry will continue to upgrade and invest in facilities and improve the application level for the staff. cadres and civil servants, and at the same time strengthen propaganda and raise the awareness of cadres and civil servants of the sector about the benefits of applying IT in job handling.

With solutions in the next stages, the Statistics Office will be one of the leading specialized units in the administrative reform of the province.