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Vietnam records important achievements in population work

Vietnam records important achievements in population work over 60 years

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.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has successfully controlledthe rapid population growth, maintained a reasonable population size, and keptthe total replacement fertility rate for nearly 15 years, as results ofpopulation work over the past six decades.

Notably, the average life expectancy of Vietnamese peopleincreased by 33.7 years, from 40 in 1960 to 73.7 in 2020. The rates ofmalnutrition and child mortality have decreased by two thirds; while the maternalmortality rate dropped by three-fourths.

In 1999, Vietnam received the United Nations PopulationAward.

The country entered the golden age of population structurein 2007, which peaked in 2020, with the working age population accounting forabout 70% of the total population. This phase is expected to last about 30-40years.

However, the population work is facing both opportunitiesand challenges. Vietnam is experiencing a significant disparity in birth rates among regions, affecting its rapid andsustainable development. Meanwhile, gender imbalance at birth has appearedsince the early years of the 21st century and increasingly spread in both urbanand rural areas, with the sex ratio being at over 110 male births for every 100female births from 2006 to present.

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According to the UN’s World Population Prospects, the globalhuman population will reach 8.0 billion in mid-November 2022. To celebrateWorld Population Day (July 11) this year, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) haschosen the theme "A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all- Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all".

As such, the UNFPA is calling for countries, includingVietnam, to invest in human and physical capital for inclusive, productivesocieties that uphold human and reproductive rights. Only then can we tacklethe enormous challenges facing our planet and forge a world where health,dignity and education are rights and realities, not privileges and emptypromises./.
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