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Birth rates alarmingly low in urban areas of Vietnam: health official

Nguyen Doan Tu, director general of the General Department of Population and Family Planning, under the Ministry of Health, talks to Vietnam News Agency on what Viet Nam should do to narrow the gap in birth rate between different regions.

Changes needed in the health sector

 VietNamNet Bridge – Global trends in health policies and practical access in the context of the rapidly aging population were topics of discussion at a forum on health care yesterday in Hanoi.

Having more babies easier said than done

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.