Hanoi has just announced its centenary planning vision with the goal of controlling the population to no more than 20 million people, achieving a life expectancy of 80 years, and ranking among the top 10 happiest capitals in the world.
The Ministry of Health is seeking feedback on a draft decree guiding the implementation of the Population Law, which proposes financial support for the development of elderly care models.
Women who give birth and belong to certain groups may receive financial support of 2 million VND, according to a draft decree guiding the implementation of the 2025 Population Law.
According to the 2025 Population Law, any act of coercion or compulsion to have or not have children violates reproductive rights and is strictly prohibited.
The Ministry of Health has proposed allocating over 151 billion VND to support families who have only two daughters, aiming to reverse the gender imbalance and the record low birth rate.
The Ministry of Health has proposed increasing the fine to 100 million VND for those who intentionally choose the sex of their unborn child, amidst the continued deviation of the sex ratio at birth from the norm.
Vietnam is one of the countries with the fastest aging population in Asia, with the transition from the aging stage to the aging stage taking 17-20 years.
With the high cost of living and rising prices, many young people are hesitant to have more children, or even postpone it for fear of "not being able to afford to raise them."
Vietnamese people are living longer, but the Deputy Minister of Health said that the rate of population aging in our country is happening rapidly; in 12 years, one in five Vietnamese people will be elderly.
Many beautiful rural areas in Europe, America, and other regions are inviting foreigners to settle by offering attractive housing and financial support, sometimes amounting to billions of Vietnamese dong.
The Ministry of Health affirms that the information circulating on social media about "punishing single people" is fabricated, untrue, and causing public confusion.
Vietnam's total fertility rate in 2023 was 1,96 children per woman, down from last year (2,01 children), and is projected to continue declining in the following years.
This group became notorious because the police nicknamed them "the gang of three old men," with a combined age of 227; they met in prison and, after being released, started stealing together to make a living.
Biện pháp đánh thuế người không có con mà nghị sỹ Nga đề xuất được cho là sẽ góp phần làm đầy ngân khố nhà nước và khuyến khích tăng trưởng dân số, theo RT.
With a total population of over 8,3 million, this locality ranks second in the country after Ho Chi Minh City in terms of population - according to the 2021 Statistical Yearbook.
Theo Tổng cục Thống kê, với tốc độ tăng dân số trung bình những năm gần đây, dự báo trung tuần tháng 4, Việt Nam sẽ đón công dân thứ 100 triệu chào đời.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of India said the state is conducting a campaign against child marriage and has arrested more than 1.800 people involved so far.