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Vietnam’s population quality improved: report

Vietnam’s population reaches more than 99 million in 2022, 10 years slower than the forecast, with the population quality improved and the population structure transformed in a positive direction, according to the Ministry of Health’s General Department of Population and Family Planning.
Vietnam’s population quality improved: report ảnh 1Newborns at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s population reaches morethan 99 million in 2022, 10 years slower than the forecast, with the  population qualityimproved and the population structure transformed in a positive direction,according to the Ministry of Health’s General Department of Population and FamilyPlanning.

The current life expectancy is 73.6 years old, while the replacementfertility rate has been maintained over the past 16 years, the agency reportedat a ceremony held on December 26 to mark Vietnam's Population Day.

However, it said that the population work has seen manylimitations, including rising sex ratio at birth, slow issuance of guidingdocuments on the population work, and poor quality of population data.

In 2023, the sector aims to maintain the replacementfertility rate and reduce sex imbalance at birth, while focusing oncomprehensively and synchronously solving issues related to the population scale,structure and distribution, especially population quality.

Specifically, the average life expectancy is expected toreach 73.8 years old. The sex ratio at birth is hoped to maintain at 111.2 boysover 100 girls, while the total fertility rate is expected to stay at 2.1children per woman.

Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen ThiLien Huong asked the General Department of Population and Family Planning tomobilise all resources to complete population institutions, including thebuilding of a Population Law as scheduled, so that the Government can submit itto the National Assembly in 2024, while coordinating with relevant agencies indrafting and issuing projects and programmes assigned by the Government.

At the same time, the department should focus on reviewingthe five-year implementation of the resolution issued at the sixth sessionof the 12th Party Central Committee regarding the population work inthe new situation.

Huong also requested localities to continue to complete theorganisation of agencies in charge of the population work at provincial, districtand communal levels, ensuring that they operate effectively.

At the same time, it is necessary to pay greater attentionto personnel training to improve the capacity of officials in charge of the  population work, she added./.
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