
Denmark apologises for involuntary birth control in Greenland
World 13:50 28/08/2025Denmark publicly apologised on Wednesday to Greenlandic women who were victims of a decades-long involuntary birth control campaign, amid efforts by Copenhagen to repair relations with the island and fend off U.S. interest in taking it over.

Making ‘every family has two children’ more than just a slogan in Vietnam
In-Depth 11:32 14/05/2025Ho Chi Minh City is among the first localities in Vietnam to record a birth rate below the replacement level and is now facing the risk of population aging.

Contrasting marriage and birth rates between Vietnamese localities concerns local authorities
Vietnam News 15:29 12/11/2020The fertility rate in Vietnam differs greatly between each region

Vietnamese woman gives birth to healthy boy after rare birth-control coil failure
Vietnam News 13:20 02/07/2020Doctors found the embryo growing inside her womb despite the IUCD still being in place

Declining birth rate in Ho Chi Minh City spells end of two-child policy
Vietnam News 16:12 27/11/2019The decades-long population policy is likely to be reversed

Vietnam’s abortion rate among world’s highest as contraception fails
Vietnam News 16:09 27/09/2017The country is reporting Asia’s highest rate of abortion