The capital city of Hanoi is striving to better its policies ongender equality, and intensify inspections to stop gender selection inan effort to reduce the current high sex ratio at birth.
According to the municipal Department of Population and FamilyPlanning, the city’s average male-to-female sex ratio at birth remainsat a high level, with 114.4 boys per 100 girls.
Eight out of the city’s 29 districts and towns report a ratio of morethan 120 boys per 100 girls, which are Soc Son, Son Tay, Dan Phuong,Phuc Tho, Hoai Duc, Chuong My, Phu Xuyen and My Duc.
The rate was 116 boys per 100 girls in 2011 and 2012, and 114.5 boys per 100 girls in 2013.
The city’s Statistics Department said Hanoi is now in the period of“golden population structure”, which provides abundant human resourcesfor local socio-economic activities. However, the structure is changingtowards an “aging” tendency, with an increase in the number of theelderly and a decrease in the number of children aged under 16.
For the 2016-2020 period, Hanoi sets targets of improving populationquality, maintaining a reasonably low birth rate and controlling the sexratio at birth.
The city will invest inexpanding prenatal and postnatal screening services in order to earlydetect congenital malformations, as well as productive health careservices. Large-scale education campaigns will continue to be held toraise public awareness on family planning, gender equality and the roleof females in the society’s sustainable development.
According to the head of the Department of Population and FamilyPlanning, Ta Quang Huy, over the past four years, the capital’spopulation quality has been improved. Its human development index (HDI)is now higher than the country’s indicator, while the life expectancyfor the city’s residents was 75 (72.6 for men and 77.6 for women) in2013.-VNA
According to the municipal Department of Population and FamilyPlanning, the city’s average male-to-female sex ratio at birth remainsat a high level, with 114.4 boys per 100 girls.
Eight out of the city’s 29 districts and towns report a ratio of morethan 120 boys per 100 girls, which are Soc Son, Son Tay, Dan Phuong,Phuc Tho, Hoai Duc, Chuong My, Phu Xuyen and My Duc.
The rate was 116 boys per 100 girls in 2011 and 2012, and 114.5 boys per 100 girls in 2013.
The city’s Statistics Department said Hanoi is now in the period of“golden population structure”, which provides abundant human resourcesfor local socio-economic activities. However, the structure is changingtowards an “aging” tendency, with an increase in the number of theelderly and a decrease in the number of children aged under 16.
For the 2016-2020 period, Hanoi sets targets of improving populationquality, maintaining a reasonably low birth rate and controlling the sexratio at birth.
The city will invest inexpanding prenatal and postnatal screening services in order to earlydetect congenital malformations, as well as productive health careservices. Large-scale education campaigns will continue to be held toraise public awareness on family planning, gender equality and the roleof females in the society’s sustainable development.
According to the head of the Department of Population and FamilyPlanning, Ta Quang Huy, over the past four years, the capital’spopulation quality has been improved. Its human development index (HDI)is now higher than the country’s indicator, while the life expectancyfor the city’s residents was 75 (72.6 for men and 77.6 for women) in2013.-VNA
