The move responded to a record-low birth rate that has persisted below population replacement levels for three years, ...

Vietnam ends 2-child policy A declining birth rate led lawmakers to approve a new policy on Tuesday that lifts the limit on the number of children many families may have. World.

Vietnam’s population-control policy has roots that predate China’s one-child policy, which was introduced in 1979 and abandoned in 2016 for a two- and later three-child policy.

For example, neighboring China ended its one-child policy in 2016 and, since 2021, has allowed couples to have up to three children. Like many countries, Vietnam is also facing challenges with an ...

Vietnamese families are having fewer children than ever before. The birth rate in 2021 was 2.11 children per woman, just over the replacement rate required for a population to avoid shrinking ...

Vietnam has scrapped its 37-year-old policy of limiting families to two children, as the country faces up to its ageing population and economic worries.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has abolished its long-standing two-child limit on Tuesday to try and reverse declining birth rates and ease the pressures of an aging population.

Vietnam’s population-control policy has roots that predate China’s one-child policy, which was introduced in 1979 and abandoned in 2016 for a two- and later three-child policy.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has abolished its long-standing two-child limit on Tuesday to try and reverse declining birth rates and ease the pressures of an aging population. The National ...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has abolished its long-standing two-child limit on Tuesday to try and reverse declining birth rates and ease the pressures of an aging population.

Vietnam scraps 2-child policy as aging threatens economic growth Vietnam has scrapped its long-standing two-child policy as birth rates fall and its population ages. Aniruddha Ghosal.