Women in Ho Chi Minh City have highest average age at childbirth in Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:54 14/11/2026Women in Ho Chi Minh City had the highest average age at childbirth nationwide in 2025, at 30, while Hanoi recorded the highest sex ratio at birth, at 120.8 boys per 100 girls, according to a newly released report.
Japan to no longer use "abnormal delivery" in official documents
World 18:07 20/10/2026The Japanese government will stop using the term "abnormal delivery" in official documents to refer to childbirth involving medical treatment such as cesarean section, it was learned Tuesday.
Vietnam health ministry proposes cash incentives for childbirth as fertility declines
Vietnam News 11:36 17/03/2026The Ministry of Health has proposed cash payments to encourage childbirth as Vietnam’s fertility rate falls below the replacement level, according to a draft decree released for public consultation.
Japan oks bills for full coverage of childbirth costs
World 17:37 13/03/2026TOKYO -- The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Friday bills aimed at introducing a system under which public health insurance will fully cover childbirth costs.
Vietnam mulls financial reward for childbirth in aging populace
Vietnam News 10:28 29/10/2021The Vietnamese government will encourage each household in low-fertility regions to have at least two children
Police officers help pregnant woman give birth along Ho Chi Minh City roadside
Vietnam News 13:51 30/08/2021The baby was named after one officer
Girl born inside Hanoi’s COVID-19 quarantine zone
Vietnam News 19:04 05/03/2020Both the mother and baby are in good health after the C-section
Declining birth rate in Ho Chi Minh City spells end of two-child policy
Vietnam News 16:12 27/11/2019The decades-long population policy is likely to be reversed
Vietnam ministry verifies rumors of fatal ‘natural childbirth’ in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 13:36 15/03/2018It remains unclear if a mother and newborn really died during a home childbirth as rumored on Facebook