
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.

Young people’s hesitation to get married decelerates birth rate in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 16:52 18/11/2020A survey showed that many young people want to get married after 30 or do not plan on getting married at all

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

Vietnam gov’t urges citizens to marry by 30, have second child by 35
Vietnam News 11:06 07/05/2020The country is moving up on the list of countries with the fastest-aging populations in the world

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

Ho Chi Minh City wakes up to grave impacts of falling birth rate
Vietnam News 14:31 26/09/2019Saigonese have never been more averse to giving birth

Vietnam scraps planned parenthood in revised population policy
Vietnam News 14:43 18/10/2017The country is expected to welcome its 100 millionth citizen before 2030.