Vietnam has eliminated a longstanding policy that limited to two the number of children a family could have, amid a decline in the birth rate, the state press announced on Wednesday.
Now, each family nucleus can decide as many children as they want, the Vietnamese News Agency (VNA) said.
The country has faced “historically” birth rates in the last three years. The fertility rate fell last year to 1.91 children per woman, below the replacement rate, the Ministry of Health said.
The birth rate fell from 2.11 children per woman in 2021 to 1.96 in 2023, according to the ministry.
Tran Minh Huong, a 22 -year -old employee, told AFP that the new regulation is not very important to her, as she does not intend to have children.
“Although I am Asian and social norms say women should marry and have children, raising a child is very expensive,” he said.
