04.06.2025 16:18
To increase the declining birth rate in Vietnam, the long-standing two-child policy has been abolished. Couples will be able to decide for themselves how many children they want to have.
The proposal to end the long-standing two-child policy in Vietnam has passed through the parliament. Thus, the regulations that prevented families from having more than two children since 1988 have been lifted.
Health Minister Dao Hong Lan stated that with the new legal regulation, couples can now freely decide how many children they will have and the timing of this.
PARENTS CANNOT LEARN THE GENDER OF THE BABY BEFORE BIRTH
According to the Ministry of Health data, the fertility rate, which expresses the average number of children a woman is expected to give birth to in her lifetime, has dropped to 1.91 in Vietnam in 2024. Additionally, there is a gender imbalance in the country due to a higher desire to have male children. Doctors are not allowed to inform parents of the baby's gender before birth.
CHINA ALSO MADE A LEGAL CHANGE
In China, the government abandoned the "one-child" policy implemented since the 1980s, first raising the limit to two children in 2016, and then accepting a legal change in 2021 that allows families to have three children.