June 17, 2025

Vietnam abandons two-child policy

Newsworthy -  Vietnam abandons its controversial two-child policy as the nation faces a demographic crisis of gender imbalance and plummeting birth rates threatening its economic future.

  • Vietnam’s National Assembly passed amendments in June 2025 to end the 37-year-old two-child policy as birth rates fell to 1.91 children per woman, below replacement level.
  • The policy, implemented in 1988, contributed to Vietnam having the world’s highest abortion rate and created a severe gender imbalance with 111 boys born for every 100 girls.
  • Communist Party officials were particularly affected by the previous policy, facing penalties for having more than two children while enforcement was more relaxed for the general population.

 

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