Vietnam strives to reduce sex imbalances at birth

11 October 2018
Vietnam Plus
Child rights / Women in the family
at birth / reduce / sex imbalances / Vietnam

A ceremony was held in the north central province of Thanh Hoa on October 9 in response to International Day of the Girl Child (October 11), focusing on the theme of no sex discrimination and no selection of unborn babies.

[…]Statistics show that sex imbalances at birth in Vietnam increased from 107 boys per 100 girls in 1999 to 110.5 in 2009, 113.8 in 2013 and 112.2 at present. The imbalances are increasing and spreading in all areas and regions nationwide.

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