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.
Vietnam is working to improve its fertility rate as the country is facing the risks of an aging population as well as losing its “golden population” phase that affect the socio-economic development.
Singaporean Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng announced on March 4 that the country’s retirement and re-employment age will be raised to 64 and 69, respectively, on July 1, 2026.
Preliminary estimates indicated that the total fertility rate in Singapore dropped below one for the first time to 0.97 in 2023, said Indranee Rajah, Singaporean Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
Ho Chi Minh City is among the 21 cities and provinces with the lowest fertility rate in the country, heard a local ceremony on July 14 to launch a communication campaign integrated with providing population quality improvement services in areas with low fertility rates this year.
The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has recently promulgated a programme on fertility rate adjustment to 2030, with the aim of raising the rate of natural increase (RNI) to over 1.3% by 2030.
A survey on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minority groups of Vietnam will be launched on October 1, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The number of babies born in Singapore were 39,039 last year, a 1.5 percent drop from 2017 and the lowest over the last eight years, according to a report by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
Post Caesarean section complications, job security and many other issues are discouraging women, especially in big cities, from having more children while official policy encourages them to do so.
