Ho Chi Minh City moves to tackle low fertility rate
The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has recently promulgated a programme on fertility rate adjustment to 2030, with the aim of raising the rate of natural increase (RNI) to over 1.3% by 2030.
HCM City (VNA) - The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City hasrecently promulgated a programme on fertility rate adjustment to 2030, with the aim of raising the rate of natural increase (RNI) to over 1.3% by 2030.
The programme targets solving the low fertility rate, andadjusting the rate to contribute to the successful implementation of theVietnam Population Strategy to 2030, and the achievement of the city’ssocio-economic and cultural development tasks.
Accordingly, the total fertility rate will reach 1.4 by 2025, and 1.6 by 2030. Thecity's population will total 10.6 million in 2025 and 12 million in2030; and the RNI will be over 1.1% in 2025, and over 1.3% five years later.
To that end, the city will step up communication on thisissue, innovate programmes and methods of education on population andreproductive health, issue more appropriate population policies, and expandaccess to reproductive health care and related services.
Ho Chi Minh City is among 21 provinces and cities with thelowest fertility rate in Vietnam. Statistics in 2021 showed the city’s rate was1.48, down from 1.76 in 2000.
According to the municipal People’s Committee, thelong-lasting low rate will result in rapid population aging and labourshortages, and affect social security./.
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