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Students study at the Sa Pa Town Primary School in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Enterprises must be fully aware of children's rights and work to ensure them, experts said at a conference held in Hanoi on December 11. The conference, organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and UNICEF Vietnam, drew nearly 100 participants from concerned institutes, academies and ministries. During the conference, experts discussed children’s rights and getting enterprises aware of these rights and contributing to promoting them nationwide. Nguyen Quang Vinh, general secretary of the VCCI, said joining trading conventions brought new opportunities for Vietnam, but also challenges. Enterprises must strictly follow regulations about child labour and child’s rights, which was part of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement … [Read more...] about Enterprises have to ensure children’s right: experts

Senior citizens in Vietnam (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will become a “super-aging” country by 2050, however, the country is not prepared to adapt to the rapid pace of aging and provide good care for the growing elderly population, heard at a workshop in Hanoi on December 12. “The Workshop on Aging Population and Health: The Longitudinal Study and the Role of Population Collaborators in Community Based Care for Older People” was held by the General Department for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) under the Ministry of Health in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) of Japan and the Institute of Population, Health and Development (PHAD). Population aging is one of the most significant social transformations globally with one in 11 people in the world over age 65 this year, said GOPFP Deputy General Director Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan in her opening remarks. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to become super-aging country by 2050

Teenagers learn about health knowledge at a consultation station in Ha Ba Trung district of Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – More measures are set to be taken by Hanoi authorities in the time ahead to improve the local population quality. According to the municipal Department of Health, the city achieved the population and family planning targets set for 2018, including the birth rate reduced by 0.17 per mille from the previous year to 15.13 per mille, the number of third children born down by 0.1 percent, and the sex ratio at birth down to 113 males per 100 females. While the prenatal screening rate reached 76 percent of the pregnant women, the newborn screening rate rose to 84.1 percent. Hanoi also carried out hearing screening for more than 193,390 cases, thalassemia screening for 7,500 cases and congenital heart defect screening for almost 35,360 cases. Head of the sub-department for population and family planning Ta Quang Huy noted that in the first half of 2019, about … [Read more...] about Hanoi to work harder to boost population quality

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s average male-to-female sex ratio at birth in the first six months of 2019 remained at a high level, with 109.9 boys per 100 girls, but the difference is smaller compared to the same period last year. The information was released by Tran Van Tri, head of the municipal Population – Family Planning Department, at a meeting on July 10 to respond to the World Population Day (July 11). According to Tri, since the beginning of 2018, the city’s population sector has gained positive achievements, with the infant mortality rate at 0.77 percent, and over 87 percent of pregnant women and 82 percent of new-borns taking screening tests. At present, the city is home to 8.8 million people, and the working age population structure has risen from 64.5 percent to nearly 71 percent over the past decade. However, the city is facing a lot of challenges, including growing population size, high population density … [Read more...] about HCM City: sex difference at birth narrowed

Investigator makes survey at a household (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The General Statistics Office has announced that the 2019 national population and housing census will begin on April 1 next year. The census will collect essential information on the population and housing situation nationwide to serve the research and analysis of the population and housing development process of the country. It will also serve the need for information during the assessment of the outcomes of socio-economic plans in 2011-2020 and the building of socio-economic development strategies and plans for 2021-2030. Information to be collected includes general statistics of the population, the situation of migration, education and professional training, disability, marriage, birth and death rates and population growth, birth registration, labour and employment, housing conditions and basic living conditions of a household. The census will be carried out during 25 days. The preliminary results will be … [Read more...] about National population & housing census to begin on April 1, 2019