The Vietnam Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out during 2013-2014 by Vietnam General Statistics Office in collaboration with UNICEF, as part of the global MICS programme. Technical and financial support for the survey was provided by UNICEF. The global MICS programme was developed by UNICEF in the 1990s as an international household survey to collect internationally comparable data on a wide range of indicators to evaluate the situation of children and women. The survey provides statistically sound and internationally comparable data essential for developing evidence-based policies and programmes as well as monitoring progress towards national goals and global commitments including MDGs. The sample for Vietnam MICS 2013-14 was designed to provide estimates for a large number of indicators on the national level situation of children and women in urban and rural areas as well as six geographic regions. Viet Nam MICS 2013-14 is based on a sample of 10,018 interviewed households, with 9,827 women and 3,316 children interviewed. A multi-stage, stratified cluster sampling approach was used for the selection of the survey sample.
