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Vietnam scraps two-child policy as it tackles falling birthrate

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Vietnam's National Assembly on Tuesday approved amendments removing the regulation that limited families to one or two children, allowing couples complete freedom to decide on the number of children, timing of childbirth, and spacing between births.</span

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Vietnam's National Assembly on Tuesday approved amendments removing the regulation that limited families to one or two children, allowing couples complete freedom to decide on the number of children, timing of childbirth, and spacing between births.

The country's total fertility rate dropped to a record low of 1.91 children per woman in 2024, well below the replacement level of 2.1, declining from 2.11 in 2021, 2.01 in 2022, and 1.96 in 2023.</span

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The country's total fertility rate dropped to a record low of 1.91 children per woman in 2024, well below the replacement level of 2.1, declining from 2.11 in 2021, 2.01 in 2022, and 1.96 in 2023.

The decline is most pronounced in urbanized areas, with Ho Chi Minh City recording a fertility rate of just 1.39 children per woman in 2024, while nearly 12% of the city's population was over 60 years old.</span

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The decline is most pronounced in urbanized areas, with Ho Chi Minh City recording a fertility rate of just 1.39 children per woman in 2024, while nearly 12% of the city's population was over 60 years old.

Vietnam's "golden population" period, when working-age people outnumber dependents, began in 2007 and is expected to last until 2039, with the working population likely to peak in 2042 before the overall population starts shrinking by 2054.</span

Vietnam's "golden population" period, when working-age people outnumber dependents, began in 2007 and is expected to last until 2039, with the working population likely to peak in 2042 before the overall population starts shrinking by 2054.

The country faces a significant gender imbalance with 112 boys born for every 100 girls, prompting the Health Ministry to propose tripling fines for fetal gender selection to $3,800 to curb sex-selective practices.</span

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The country faces a significant gender imbalance with 112 boys born for every 100 girls, prompting the Health Ministry to propose tripling fines for fetal gender selection to $3,800 to curb sex-selective practices.

Local governments have begun offering financial incentives, including approximately $120 bonuses to women who have two children before age 35, while Vietnam provides six months of fully paid maternity leave and free healthcare for children under six.</span

Local governments have begun offering financial incentives, including approximately $120 bonuses to women who have two children before age 35, while Vietnam provides six months of fully paid maternity leave and free healthcare for children under six.

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Removing birth limits won't solve the underlying economic pressures that drive families to have fewer children in the first place. Rising living costs, especially in urban areas, make raising multiple children financially prohibitive for most families, regardless of government policy changes. The focus should be on addressing affordability rather than simply lifting restrictions that weren't strictly enforced anyway.

Removing birth limits won't solve the underlying economic pressures that drive families to have fewer children in the first place. Rising living costs, especially in urban areas, make raising multiple children financially prohibitive for most families, regardless of government policy changes. The focus should be on addressing affordability rather than simply lifting restrictions that weren't strictly enforced anyway.

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Vietnam Scraps Two-Child Policy Amid Declining Birth Rates

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Decades of thoughtful population stewardship have blessed Vietnam with a golden demographic dividend — 67.5% working-age citizens fueling remarkable growth. Yet this triumph teeters on a knife's edge: fertility at 1.96 children per woman. The architects of success must now become masters of delicate transition, or risk squandering their masterwork.

Decades of thoughtful population stewardship have blessed Vietnam with a golden demographic dividend — 67.5% working-age citizens fueling remarkable growth. Yet this triumph teeters on a knife's edge: fertility at 1.96 children per woman. The architects of success must now become masters of delicate transition, or risk squandering their masterwork.

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Decades of draconian population controls — dismissing state workers for third children, expelling Party members for "excess" births — have engineered Vietnam into a demographic trap. Now, with fertility plummeting to 1.91 children per woman, the authoritarian architects of family limitation confront their own creation: a nation racing toward demographic collapse.

Decades of draconian population controls — dismissing state workers for third children, expelling Party members for "excess" births — have engineered Vietnam into a demographic trap. Now, with fertility plummeting to 1.91 children per woman, the authoritarian architects of family limitation confront their own creation: a nation racing toward demographic collapse.

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There is a 50% chance that 4.8 communist states will be there in 2050, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

There is a 50% chance that 4.8 communist states will be there in 2050, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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