In his closing remarks, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man highlighted that this session dealt with a huge workload and issues which are both urgent and long-term, strategic. Some issues are new, requiring coordination between agencies for the settlement.

Party members who have a third child will no longer face disciplinary action under new guidelines from the Central Inspection Commission.

Recently, population work has received significant attention from the Party and the State, achieving many important accomplishments. The population growth rate has been successfully controlled. The replacement fertility level has been maintained for the past 16 years. The population structure has positively shifted, with a strong increase in the working-age population.

As of June 2024, Singapore’s population reached 6.04 million, a 2% increase from last year, marking the first time the country’s population has exceeded six million.

An international policy consultation workshop held in Hanoi on August 28 sounded the alarm on Vietnam's declining fertility rate, with experts highlighting the linkage between education level, economic conditions and birth rates.

Population aging, especially in developing economies like Vietnam, is creating new pressure and challenges to which the population and development work needs to flexibly respond as there are only 14 years left for Vietnam to prepare for an aged society.

Vietnam's population has exceeded 100 million people, with an average life expectancy reaching 73.7 years in 2023.

There are a growing number of people in Indonesia putting off marriage, according to the country’s statistics agency.

The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has engaged in discussions to exchange opinions, seek solutions, and address the challenges of Thailand transitioning into an aging society and the younger generation's reluctance to have children.

Thailand's population declined slightly year on year in 2023, according to the country's Ministry of Interior.

On the occasion of the Seventh Asian and Pacific Population Conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 15-17, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Natalia Kanem have written an article explaining why demography is key to unlocking a sustainable future for Asia and the Pacific.

The southeastern province of Binh Phuoc has earmarked 120.6 billion VND (5.1 million USD) this year for an annual programme to help 1,000 poor ethnic households escape poverty.

Nguyen Thanh Phuc, 28, living in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, has been married for more than two years but still doesn't want to have a baby.

Since 2006, the Ministry of Health has carried out prenatal and newborn screening, diagnosis, and treatment of some diseases and disorders to help reduce costs and improve the health of the future population.

Vietnam has successfully controlled the rapid population growth, maintained a reasonable population size, and kept the total replacement fertility rate for nearly 15 years, as results of population work over the past six decades.

Vietnam has attained achievemens in population work over the past 60 years.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue joined residents of northern Thai Nguyen province in the great national solidarity festival on November 16.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is extremely proud to have been associated with Vietnam’s spectacular achievements in sexual and reproductive health, said Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City covered nearly 70 percent of its population with at least one vaccine shot against COVID-19 as of 10am on August 18.

This year, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) marks World Population Day (July 11) with the theme “Rights and Choices are the answer: Whether baby boom or bust, the solution lies in prioritising the reproductive health and rights of all people.”