Population

Vietnam has actively participated in the process of building, negotiating, and approving the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), as heard at a Hanoi seminar on August 20.With its active participation in building, negotiating, and approving the GCM, Ambassador Vu Viet Anh, ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank have jointly launched a knowledge-sharing programme to assist Vietnam to develop new models of elderly care services. The programme was announced at a workshop on August 7 at a time when Vietnam’s population is ageing at ...

The average Vietnamese woman now bears 2.09 children, a figure sustained since 2006. In 1992, the figure was 3.74, Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien said at a meeting on Thursday to commemorate the World Population Day. Vietnam’s annual population growth on average from ...

The Central Steering Committee for the Population and Housing Census published preliminary results from the 2019 census on July 11 in Hanoi.As at April 1, Vietnam’s population was more than 96.2 million people, with men accounting for 49.8 per cent and women 50.2 per cent. ...

Hanoi will increase activities to improve its population quality in the time ahead, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh stated on July 9. He further stressed Hanoi will step up communications to boost public consensus on population issues and also take ...

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) participated in discussions at the third meeting of the Asia-Europe Political Forum (AEPF) in Colombo, Sri Lanka from April 5-7.The third AEPF meeting saw the participation of representatives from 25 political parties, and experts from 23 ...

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has reiterated his viewpoint of not encouraging unplanned internal migration and called for harmonious, flexible and comprehensive measures to address the issue.Keep reading ...

Multidimensional poverty is a well-used concept in identifying multiple types of deprivation, including health, education, and living standards. In Vietnam, migrants flocking to big cities, with dreams of making a better life for themselves and their family, are also vulnerable to multidimensional poverty.Keep reading ...

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Việt Nam Social Security (VSS) have been working with other countries on bilateral agreements to ensure the benefits to foreign workers employed in Việt Nam who are required to make social insurance payments.[]From January 1, 2022, ...

Hà Nội’s population had spiralled out of control with the capital’s total number of residents already exceeding the target set for 2030, according to a report by the National Assembly. The NA’s Committee on Judicial Affairs said in the report thatthe population was very likely ...