The proportion of children born in Dong Nai is decreasing in recent years.Photo: CDC Dong Nai
Many causes of childbirth
In Dong Nai, many young families are afraid of giving birth are increasingly popular and increasing.
Typically, the couple N.V.T., (35 years old) and Ms. N.T.V.A., (33 years old, living in Trung Dung ward, Bien Hoa city) are officials and daughters of their 2nd grade (7 years old) butYou still do not have the need for the second child.For children, so the two of them do not want to give birth more, although both of them want to add more children."With the current life, I want to invest in the future for my children to develop in all aspects, not just stop at the level of warmth," - Mr. T. said.
Or the case of Mr. N.T.A.(40 years old) and Ms. N.T.M (38 years old, living in Trang Dai ward, Bien Hoa city), the couple from Nghe An to Dong Nai established a business.Get married for 10 years, they have a son this year to 4th grade. With the income is not abundant, just enough to cover the costs in life, not to mention 1-2 years to visit his hometown.."The couple agreed to give birth to one child, giving birth to another child who was afraid of not being able to live. Only 1-2 years, the son grew up, if he was lucky, he could enter the public school, he would help the cost, and the child was studying privateShu is very expensive " - Ms. M. said.
According to the statistics of the Department of Population, Dong Nai is among the 21 provinces with low fertility, the population growth rate tends to slow down.The rate of natural population growth and the number of babies born tends to decrease.Specifically, the baby was born in 2020 was 39,392 babies, in 2021 was 34,085 babies, in 2022 was 33. 359, in 2023 was 33,722 babies and estimated the number of children born in 6 months of 2024 had 16,020 children.
According to population experts, when the fertility level is low, there are many negative effects on the population such as: quickly aging the population: when the birth rate decreases, the proportion of the elderly increases rapidly, leading to love.population aging.This posed a lot of pressure on the social security, health and retirement system;Lack of labor force: With low fertility, the number of people of working age decreases, causing shortage of human resources, affecting economic growth;Population size decline: The population decreases can weaken the national position in the international arena, reducing influence and competitiveness;Changing the population structure: The population structure changes, the dependency rate increases (the proportion of the elderly and children compared to people of working age) puts great pressure on the economy;Impact on sustainable development: Low fertility can slow down the sustainable development process, reduce the ability to adapt to climate change and other global challenges;Social culture changes: Low fertility can lead to changes in family structure, relations between generations and social cultural values.
Strengthen propaganda "Each couple should give birth to 2 children"
In order to well carry out the population work, the provincial health sector continues to implement the tasks and solutions according to the Plan No. 174-KH/TU dated April 10, 2018 of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee to implement Resolution 21-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 of the 6th Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Party Central Committee on "Population work in the new situation";Plan No. 10205/KH -UBND dated August 28, 2020 of the People's Committee of Dong Nai Province on the Action Plan for the period of 2021 - 2025 of Dong Nai province to implement the Vietnam Population Strategy to 2030 and plans and plans and subjectsThe population work is approved by the provincial People's Committee, focusing on the goal of adjusting the fertility level, controlling the sex imbalance at birth and improving the quality of the population.
Currently, Dong Nai Department of Health has guided the orientation of the population work in the province in the coming time such as: propagating and mobilizing the benefits of giving birth to two children;The adverse factors of marriage, childbirth are too late, have few children for the country's development;Focus on mobilizing young men and women to get married before the age of 30 and give birth to 2 children before 35 years old.
Actively promote the propagation of the message "Each couple should give birth to 2 children" to change the awareness and behavior of the community, continue to firmly maintain the replacement of replacement, not to increase and alsoDo not let the fertility decrease too low, gradually bring the sex ratio at birth to the natural balance, effectively take advantage of the golden population structure, adapt to the aging process of the population, perform population allocationReasonable and improve the quality of the population.
Recently, the Department of Health has also advised the provincial People's Committee to submit to the provincial People's Council to the Resolution to encourage and support collectives and individuals to well perform the population work in Dong Nai province, including the main itemThe book supports women to give birth to two children before 35 years old.