Vietnam is working hard to provide equal health service access for all pregnant women to ensure public health and narrow the socio-economic gap.

The cause of reproductive health care and health care for mothers and children - who are vulnerable but play a decisive role in the country's future development - has gained many important achievements, which have been recognised and acknowledged by the international community. This is important evidence of efforts to ensure and promote human rights in Vietnam.

The Prime Minister on February 27 issued a Decision approving the Master Plan on the healthcare network for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 which is performing duties at the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan has organised activities to raise awareness of health care and daily gynecological hygiene for local women on the occasion of the International Women's Day (March 8).

In recent years, thanks to the increased dissemination of information and the provision of good services to the grassroots level, the awareness of health care for ethnic minority women has been changed positively, and the reproductive healthcare system has been improved as well.

UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara has granted an interview to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the World Population Day (July 11).

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.”

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been working closely with relevant ministries and sectors to identify the most effective strategies to assist Vietnam in creating a safe and happy environment for mothers and children, including those in ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas.

The Government of Japan will provide Vietnam with more than 2.8 million USD to finance a project on “Mitigating COVID-19 Impacts on Vulnerable Populations” launched in Hanoi on April 26.

Providing young people with knowledge about sexual and reproductive health combined with life skills education is a necessary and urgent issue, a top health official has said.

The ratio of premarital sex among youngsters is rising while only a small number of them have necessary reproductive health knowledge, heard a conference held by the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Hanoi on October 30.

The fourth phase of the “For mother and baby – for Vietnamese stature” project was launched in the northern port city of Hai Phong on March 2.

More measures are set to be taken by Hanoi authorities in the time ahead to improve the local population quality.

The 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) kicked off in the northern province of Quang Ninh on November 28.

Experts have urged hospitals to update their treatment guidelines in obstetrics and paediatrics to help reduce the number of matevrnal deaths and medical errors.

A Japanese-funded project on building a health care model for women has brought remarkable benefits for the beneficiary community after two years of implementation in central Thua Thien-Hue province.

A co-operative programme on population and reproductive health was signed last week between the General Office on Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health, and DKT International.

Health experts gathered at a workshop in Hanoi on November 17 to discuss a draft project designed to improve the population situation, reproductive health and family planning services for youths.

For the past year, every Saturday morning, Nguyen Thi Hiep from Hai Chau District of Da Nang City takes his son to the class named Hoa Xuong Rong (Cactus flowers).

Investing in education and health care for adolescent girls is necessary, contributing to bringing into full play Vietnam’s golden population structure in economic development.