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>From: "Ogburn, Robert W" <OgburnRW@state.gov>
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>Subject: FW: [vnnews-l] WO: Vietnams demographics show growing gender
>imbalance
>Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:47:54 +0900
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> Thanh Nien News | Society | Vietnams demographics show growing
>gender
> imbalance
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> Vietnams demographics show growing gender imbalance
>
> Population experts told a seminar Sunday in Hanoi that a growing
> gender imbalance in newborns is showing that the number of female
> births is on the decline.
>
> Experts at the seminar Vietnamese population and future challenges
> said that according to a recent survey, the Red River delta in
> northern Vietnam had the highest regional imbalance in sex ratio
> within the country.
>
> For every 100 females aged 1 to 4 years, there are 116 males, while
> the figures in 1999 in northern cities and provinces of Hanoi, Hai
> Phong, Ha Tay, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh were 110, 118, 114, 113, 111
>males,
> respectively for each 100 females.
>
> The conference heard that parents' preference of having male
>children
> and the ensuing medical intervention was creating the imbalance in
> Vietnams population, which grew by 1 million in 2005.
>
> Head of the National Economics Universitys Population and Social
> Affairs Institute, Associate Professor Doctor Nguyen Dinh Cu quoted
> figures of General Statistics Department (GSD) in 2005 as saying
> Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world with 83.12
> million people.
>
> The GSD forecast that the national population will exceed 100
>million
> by 2024 with 335 people residing in one square kilometer of land.
> The doctor also quoted statistics that show Vietnams population is
> aging, with the elderly forecast to make up 13 percent of the
> population by 2024.
>
> Doctor Cus research also showed that Vietnams human development
>index
> (HDI) has constantly increased, but is still low compared to the
> global average.
>
> HDI is a United Nations statistic that is a comparative measure of
> life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living for
> countries worldwide.
>
> The malnutrition rate among children under-five is still high,
> especially in the Central Highlands and northwestern region. In
> contrast with the rural area, many children in urban centres are
> overweight or obese.
> On reproductive health, Vietnam was listed in the group of countries
> having the highest rate of abortion in the world, with young women
> making up a large proportion.
> Experts suggested increasing the awareness of family planning,
> birth-control, and a possible ban on ultrasounds used for gender
> selection as measures to help build a healthy and viable population.
>
> Source: TTXVN, Nguoi Lao Dong Compiled by Luu Thi Hong
>
> Story from Thanh Nien News
> Published: 02 April, 2007, 20:40:19 (GMT+7)
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