Fertility rates over the past two years increased across many localities in Vietnam, and it was even higher than the total replacement birth rate, said Director General of the General Department of Population and Family Planning Nguyen Doan Tu.
Thirty-three localities across the nation experienced a high fertility rate, most of which are disadvantaged areas, according to the Ministry of Health’s General Office for Population and Family Planning.
Although Vietnam has obtained some achievements in improving the quality of its population, there is still room for improvement, said Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen.
Vietnam’s population and family planning work in 2019 faced difficulties, especially in communications due to decreased funding, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 9.
Vietnam expects to have a sex rate at birth of 112.8 boys per 100 girls and an average population of 94.7 million in 2018, heard a conference held by the General Office for Population - Family Planning in Hanoi on January 30.
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