The programme’s overarching goal is to ensure that all people receive primary healthcare management and early, preventive care delivered close to home, thereby reducing disease burden; to increase the total fertility rate and strive for a balanced sex ratio at birth; to adapt to population ageing while improving population quality; to improve care for vulnerable groups; and to contribute to improvements in physical and mental health, stature, life expectancy and overall quality of life, towards building a healthier Vietnam.
Under a medium-fertility scenario, Vietnam’s population is expected to continue growing for several decades before reaching a peak around mid-century, followed by a transition toward slower growth or stability.
In his closing remarks, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man highlighted that this session dealt with a huge workload and issues which are both urgent and long-term, strategic. Some issues are new, requiring coordination between agencies for the settlement.
Recently, population work has received significant attention from the Party and the State, achieving many important accomplishments. The population growth rate has been successfully controlled. The replacement fertility level has been maintained for the past 16 years. The population structure has positively shifted, with a strong increase in the working-age population.
As of June 2024, Singapore’s population reached 6.04 million, a 2% increase from last year, marking the first time the country’s population has exceeded six million.
An international policy consultation workshop held in Hanoi on August 28 sounded the alarm on Vietnam's declining fertility rate, with experts highlighting the linkage between education level, economic conditions and birth rates.
Population aging, especially in developing economies like Vietnam, is creating new pressure and challenges to which the population and development work needs to flexibly respond as there are only 14 years left for Vietnam to prepare for an aged society.
The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has engaged in discussions to exchange opinions, seek solutions, and address the challenges of Thailand transitioning into an aging society and the younger generation's reluctance to have children.
On the occasion of the Seventh Asian and Pacific Population Conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 15-17, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Natalia Kanem have written an article explaining why demography is key to unlocking a sustainable future for Asia and the Pacific.
The southeastern province of Binh Phuoc has earmarked 120.6 billion VND (5.1 million USD) this year for an annual programme to help 1,000 poor ethnic households escape poverty.
Since 2006, the Ministry of Health has carried out prenatal and newborn screening, diagnosis, and treatment of some diseases and disorders to help reduce costs and improve the health of the future population.
Vietnam has successfully controlled the rapid population growth, maintained a reasonable population size, and kept the total replacement fertility rate for nearly 15 years, as results of population work over the past six decades.
Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue joined residents of northern Thai Nguyen province in the great national solidarity festival on November 16.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is extremely proud to have been associated with Vietnam’s spectacular achievements in sexual and reproductive health, said Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam.
