World Population Day marked in Vietnam
The Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 11 to mark 40 years of Vietnam-UNFPA cooperation and World Population Day (July 11).
The Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund held a ceremony in Hanoi to mark World Population Day (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)In her remarks, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh lauded the Ministry of Health, relevant organisations, officials and staff for their contributions to the Vietnam-UNFPA relations as well as the population and family planning achievements in the country over the past 40 years.
The population and family planning work is an important part in the country’s development strategy, she said, highlighting that Vietnam-UNFPA cooperative relations plays a significant roles in Vietnam’s population and family planning programmes.
Since Vietnam won the United Nations Population Award in 1999, the country has made concerted efforts to stabilise its population scale and enhance population quality, she said.
However, Vietnam still faced a number of challenges in its population-family planning work such as increasing population, rapid population ageing and high gender imbalance rate, which put pressure on the nation’s social security, Thinh stated.
The Vice President said that reproductive healthcare, especially for juvenile people, has not been improved yet while advantages of the golden population structure has not been fully exploited.
She called on party committees and administrations at all levels, organisations and individuals to pay due attention to population-family planning issues, promote communications on reproductive healthcare as well as improve the gender imbalance at birth.
Expressing gratitude to the UNFPA for its support to Vietnam, Vice President Thinh hoped that the fund, governments, international and non-governmental organisations will continue assisting Vietnam in the population-family planning work and other sectors.
According to the General Office for Population and Family Planning, Vietnam had a high birth rate (above five children per couple) in 1970, however, the figure fell sharply to 2.09 in 2016.
The percentage of people using contraceptive methods rose to 67 percent in 2016 from 37 percent in 1988. Meanwhile, maternal mortality rate showed a rapid decline, from 233 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 58.3 per 100,000 live births in 2016.
On the occasion, a photo exhibition on Vietnam-UNFPA cooperation is organised from July 11-16 at No. 93 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Hanoi. -VNA
You should also see
Vuong Dinh Hue permitted to cease holding positions, working
The 13th Party Central Committee on April 26 agreed to let Vuong Dinh Hue cease holding the positions of Politburo member, member of the 13th Party Central Committee, and Chairman of the 15th National Assembly (NA) in the 2021 - 2026 tenure.
See more
Society
US professor and his journey of ‘waging peace in Vietnam’
Prof. Ron Carver, a peace activist of the US, engaged in protests against the unjust American war in the Vietnam since 1968 and is still pursuing the struggle for peace for Vietnamese people nowadays.
Society
Hanoi among world’s 100 smartest cities
The capital of Hanoi was named the world’s 97th smartest city, moving up three places from its ranking in 2023, according to the 2024 Smart City Index.
Society
Hanoi Great Souvenirs 2024 kicks off
The Hanoi Great Souvenirs 2024 fair opened at the Hanoi Museum on April 25, offering a venue for businesses and producers to showcase cultural and souvenir products.
Society
Documents, artifacts related to Dien Bien Phu Campaign unveiled in Yen Bai
More than 200 precious artifacts, photos and documents related to the Dien Bien Phu Campaign have been announced in the northern province of Yen Bai, demonstrating activities taken by the provincial Party Organisation, administration, army and people to serve the campaign 70 years ago.
Society
French court to hold hearing on AO lawsuit
The Court of Appeal of Paris will open a hearing in early May regarding a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against US chemical corporations that supplied Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin for the US army during the war in Vietnam.
