The Vietnamese Government is concerned over the gender ratio at birth inthe country, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has said.
DeputyPM Nhan made this statement at the opening ceremony of the two-dayworkshop, “Gender imbalance at birth: solutions for the future”, whichopened in Hanoi on Oct. 5 with the participation of delegates from11 countries, territories and international organisations.
In2010, the gender ratio at birth was 111 boys per 100 girls and isforecast to be up to 113 boys per 100 girls in 2015 and 115 boys per100 girls in 2020 if the country has no effective measure to control it.The Deputy PM said it means there will be 2.3 -4.3 million less womenthan men in 2020 and many social problems will arise.
Nhanexpressed hope that the seminar would tap into useful experience in howto adjust policies to develop families and build an effective healthcare and social welfare system to gain a normal gender balance ratio,which helps the country to develop safely and sustainably.
DeputyHead of the General Department for Population and Family PlanningNguyen Van Tan informed participants that the general department and theHealth Ministry are completing a project on interventions to minimisegender imbalance at birth in the 2011-2020 period to submit it to theGovernment.
Participants will discuss experience in coping with the problem in Asia, especially the Republic of Korea. /.
DeputyPM Nhan made this statement at the opening ceremony of the two-dayworkshop, “Gender imbalance at birth: solutions for the future”, whichopened in Hanoi on Oct. 5 with the participation of delegates from11 countries, territories and international organisations.
In2010, the gender ratio at birth was 111 boys per 100 girls and isforecast to be up to 113 boys per 100 girls in 2015 and 115 boys per100 girls in 2020 if the country has no effective measure to control it.The Deputy PM said it means there will be 2.3 -4.3 million less womenthan men in 2020 and many social problems will arise.
Nhanexpressed hope that the seminar would tap into useful experience in howto adjust policies to develop families and build an effective healthcare and social welfare system to gain a normal gender balance ratio,which helps the country to develop safely and sustainably.
DeputyHead of the General Department for Population and Family PlanningNguyen Van Tan informed participants that the general department and theHealth Ministry are completing a project on interventions to minimisegender imbalance at birth in the 2011-2020 period to submit it to theGovernment.
Participants will discuss experience in coping with the problem in Asia, especially the Republic of Korea. /.
