Vietnam Birth Rate Slumps to Record Low Despite Propaganda Push
- Fertility rate falls for third year to 1.91 children per woman
- Draft law proposes removing penalty for having three children
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Vietnam’s birth rate has sunk to a record low with the total fertility rate falling to 1.91 children per woman, marking the third consecutive year it’s dropped below the replacement level.
The trend is forecast to continue in the next few years. One reason is that the resources invested by central and local governments are insufficient for the population task at hand, according to a post on the health ministry’s website citing Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong.