HCM City faces low fertility rates, population aging

Medical check-up for soon-to-be-married couples in District 3. VNA Photo: Đinh Hằng
Medical check-up for local elderly in precinct 5, District 3. VNA Photo: Đinh Hằng
Medical check-up for local elderly in precinct 5, District 3. VNA Photo: Đinh Hằng

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HCM City faces low fertility rates, population aging

07/14/2023 15:43 | TTXVN |

Ho Chi Minh City is among the 21 cities and provinces with the lowest fertility rates in the country, heard a local ceremony on July 14 to launch a communication campaign integrated with providing population quality improvement services in areas with low fertility rates this year. Speaking at the event, Director of the municipal Bureau of Population – Family Planning Pham Chanh Trung said with a fertility rate of 1.39 children per woman of childbearing age, the city is facing two biggest challenges, namely low fertility rates and rapid population aging, which potentially cause heavy adverse consequences on social welfare and labour shortages. The rate of people aged over 60 in the city has exceeded 10%. Last year, it had 1.033 million people aged more than 60, or 11.03% of its total population. These figures mark a milestone in the city's rapid process of population aging. VNA Photo: Đinh Hằng

HCM City faces low fertility rates, population aging

Ho Chi Minh City is among the 21 cities and provinces with the lowest fertility rates in the country, heard a local ceremony on July 14 to launch a communication campaign integrated with providing population quality improvement services in areas with low fertility rates this year. Speaking at the event, Director of the municipal Bureau of Population – Family Planning Pham Chanh Trung said with a fertility rate of 1.39 children per woman of childbearing age, the city is facing two biggest challenges, namely low fertility rates and rapid population aging, which potentially cause heavy adverse consequences on social welfare and labour shortages. The rate of people aged over 60 in the city has exceeded 10%. Last year, it had 1.033 million people aged more than 60, or 11.03% of its total population. These figures mark a milestone in the city's rapid process of population aging. VNA Photo: Đinh Hằng
HCM City faces low fertility rates, population aging

Ho Chi Minh City is among the 21 cities and provinces with the lowest fertility rates in the country, heard a local ceremony on July 14 to launch a communication campaign integrated with providing population quality improvement services in areas with low fertility rates this year. Speaking at the event, Director of the municipal Bureau of Population – Family Planning Pham Chanh Trung said with a fertility rate of 1.39 children per woman of childbearing age, the city is facing two biggest challenges, namely low fertility rates and rapid population aging, which potentially cause heavy adverse consequences on social welfare and labour shortages. The rate of people aged over 60 in the city has exceeded 10%. Last year, it had 1.033 million people aged more than 60, or 11.03% of its total population. These figures mark a milestone in the city's rapid process of population aging. VNA Photo: Đinh Hằng
HCM City faces low fertility rates, population aging

Ho Chi Minh City is among the 21 cities and provinces with the lowest fertility rates in the country, heard a local ceremony on July 14 to launch a communication campaign integrated with providing population quality improvement services in areas with low fertility rates this year. Speaking at the event, Director of the municipal Bureau of Population – Family Planning Pham Chanh Trung said with a fertility rate of 1.39 children per woman of childbearing age, the city is facing two biggest challenges, namely low fertility rates and rapid population aging, which potentially cause heavy adverse consequences on social welfare and labour shortages. The rate of people aged over 60 in the city has exceeded 10%. Last year, it had 1.033 million people aged more than 60, or 11.03% of its total population. These figures mark a milestone in the city's rapid process of population aging. VNA Photo: Đinh Hằng

HCM City faces low fertility rates, population aging

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