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This paper describes the characteristics of data about wood and wood-processing products published in Vietnam. The characteristics include inconsistency of data published by major data sources, lack of necessary data, and irregular publication frequency. Reasons are identified for the existence of the above characteristics of data for the wood and wood-processing industries, including recent changes in the functions of state statistical organizations and unclear concepts of data published. These characteristics create difficulties for researchers and policy-makers working at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for analysing policies and establishing supply targets for the wood and wood-processing industries in 5-year economic plans. To improve the statistical system, co-operation between state organisations and the information network (e.g. computers and internet connection) requires strengthening.
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In Vietnam, local state organisations means state organisations situated in provinces, districts and communes, whereas central state organisations usually means ministries situated in the capital Hanoi.
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Funding for this research from a John Allright Fellowship is gratefully acknowledged. I would like to thank my principal PhD supervisor Steve Harrison at The University of Queensland, Australia for review comments and suggestions on this paper, and also Drs David Lamb, Sharon Brown and Peter Dart for their advice and encouragement. I would also like to thank my colleagues working at various state organisations under MARD—including Dr. Trinh Duc Huy, Ms. Nguyen Thanh Huong, Mr. Vu Dinh Xuan, Mr. An Van Khanh and Mr. Tran Lam Dong—for support in obtaining data and checking the consistency of information presented in this paper. Finally, I would like to thank reviewers who provided valuable comments on this paper.
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Hieu, P.S., Thuy, V.H., Thuan, P.D. et al. Main Characteristics of Statistical Data and the Statistical System for Wood and Wood-processing Products in Vietnam. Small-scale Forestry 10, 185–198 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-010-9138-7
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