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China's birth rate drops to record low in 2021

China's birth rate drops to record low in 2021

Mainland China's birth rate dropped to a record low of 7.52 per 1,000 people in 2021, National Bureau of Statistics data showed on Monday, accelerating a downward trend that led Beijing last year to begin allowing couples to have up to three children.
Parental angst: why Vietnamese are having fewer babies

Parental angst: why Vietnamese are having fewer babies

After having her first child, Tuyet Nhung told her husband she did not want more since she felt worn out and wanted more leisure and personal time.
November 2, 2021 | 08:38 pm PT
Money incentives to boost childbirth unfeasible: experts

Money incentives to boost childbirth unfeasible: experts

It needs much more to encourage childbirth than just a sum of VND8.84 million ($388) granted to those having two children, experts said.
October 30, 2021 | 05:00 pm PT
Health ministry proposes monetary incentive for second child

Health ministry proposes monetary incentive for second child

Women in regions with low birth rates should be given an incentive payment of VND8.84 million ($388) if they have two children, the Health Ministry has proposed.
October 27, 2021 | 08:00 pm PT
HCMC sees fertility rate increase in 2020

HCMC sees fertility rate increase in 2020

The Department of Population and Family Planning estimates that HCMC's crude birth rate increased by 0.14 per woman in 2020 from the previous year.
March 26, 2021 | 05:00 pm PT
Vietnam population might peak 10 years earlier than UN forecast: Lancet study

Vietnam population might peak 10 years earlier than UN forecast: Lancet study

Vietnam’s population might peak at 107.25 million in 2044, a decade earlier than forecast by the U.N. last year, according to a recent study.
July 17, 2020 | 05:32 pm PT
Marry early, have kids soon, Vietnam urges citizens

Marry early, have kids soon, Vietnam urges citizens

Vietnam is urging citizens to marry before 30 and bear children early to maintain an ideal replacement fertility rate.
May 4, 2020 | 10:59 pm PT
Vietnam frets as birthrates go low in some localities

Vietnam frets as birthrates go low in some localities

Alongside Vietnam’s declining population growth and birth rates, some localities are not reproducing enough to sustain current population levels.
July 12, 2019 | 06:00 pm PT
'No place for a mother': South Korea battles to raise birth rate

'No place for a mother': South Korea battles to raise birth rate

Many South Korean women are put off marriage and childbirth, pushing the country's birth rate, one of the world's lowest, ever further down.
December 17, 2018 | 08:02 pm PT
Make more babies: Ho Chi Minh City leader's call to create future workforce

Make more babies: Ho Chi Minh City leader's call to create future workforce

'When the parents die, the children can replace them and contribute to the country's workforce.'
July 4, 2017 | 01:48 am PT
Just do it: Chinese city tells cadres to set example and have second child

Just do it: Chinese city tells cadres to set example and have second child

China is facing a demographic crisis of stalling birth rates.
September 22, 2016 | 12:46 am PT
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