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Vietnam has abolished its 37-year-old two-child policy to address declining birth rates. Couples can now freely decide the number and years of spacing between child births.
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Vietnam has scrapped its long-standing two-child limit policy, news agency AFP quoted state media reports.
The policy, which came into effect 37 years ago, limited families on having more than two children.
According to Bloomberg, the policy was scrapped as the country grapples with a declining birth rate, thus posing a demographic crunch that could undermine future growth prospects.
The new regulation was approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee in Hanoi on Tuesday, allowing couples to decide on the number of children they want to have.
The regulation also allows couples to decide when to have children and the spacing between two births.
The child-limit law in Vietnam allowed couples to have no more than two children per family.
Violators of the law were asked to pay a penalty, which could also include reduced bonus, or dismissal from their position, reports suggest.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
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