HN deals with population challenges
November 09, 2012 4:26 PM GMT+7
VGP – The local authorities of Ha Noi have set a target to reduce gender imbalance at birth by 2015 to minimize negative social impacts of the issue.
The city will reduce the gender ratio, especially in hot spots of gender imbalance, and strive to keep the gender ratio under 116 boys over 100 girls.
Earlier, Ha Noi had issued the Plan to implement the National Strategy on Population and Reproductive Health by 2015 to improve human resource quality and living stands for local residents.
In the next three years, Ha Noi will center on dealing with challenges on population quality in terms of physical, mental and spiritual features, ensuring appropriate birth rates as well as strictly implementing the two-child policy.
By 2015, the capital is expected to have a population of 7.3 million./.
By Kim Loan
