Mekong Delta to have prenatal, newborn screening

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VOV News English 1 month(s) ago

The General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) scheme will expand prenatal and newborn screening in 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta this year.

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Mekong Delta to have prenatal, newborn screening

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VietnamPlus English 1 month(s) ago

The General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) scheme will expand prenatal and newborn screening in 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta this year.

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Measures to reduce gender imbalance

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Measures to reduce gender imbalance

A project has recently been proposed for the 2013-2020 period with various policies, including supporting families with only daughters, as part of efforts to reduce gender imbalance in Vietnam.

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Efforts made to reduce gender imbalance

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Efforts made to reduce gender imbalance

A project has recently been proposed for the 2013-2020 period with various policies, including supporting families with only daughters, as part of efforts to reduce the gender imbalance in Vietnam.

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Efforts made to reduce gender imbalance

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A project has recently been proposed for the 2013-2020 period with various policies, including supporting families with only daughters, as part of efforts to reduce the gender imbalance in Vietnam.

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Solving bias against girls

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Solving bias against girls

The Ministry of Health's General Office of Population and Family Planning has stirred up public opinion by proposing a VND3 trillion (US$123million) project to correct the gender imbalance of babies between now and 2020.

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Biotic model used for environmental management in Vietnam

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VietnamPlus English 2 month(s) ago

An international seminar on the application of the biotic ligand model (BLM) in environmental management was held in Hanoi on March 4.

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Vietnam to raise retirement age of female laborers

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Vietnam to raise retirement age of female laborers

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Duong Quoc Trong, General Director of General Office for Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health said at a seminar that most developed countries have their retirement age set at 65, and more importantly, men and women usually have the same retirement age.

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Retirement age proposed to be increased by 5 years

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Retirement age proposed to be increased by 5 years

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has launched a proposal that the retirement age for certain types of workers, both men and women, should be increased by five years.

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Hospitals prepared for busy Tet week

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Hanoi Times English 3 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Hospitals in Hanoi have announced that they are ready to care for patients during the upcoming Tet holiday, which will last for nine days beginning this Saturday.

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Hospitals prepared for busy Tet week

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

Hospitals in Ha Noi have announced that they are ready to care for patients during the upcoming Tet holiday, which will last for nine days beginning this Saturday.

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Ministry tries to clamp down on gender selection

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

Medical workers who help women to determine the sex of their child during the early stages of pregnancy before birth will be fined VND10-20 million (US$470-950), 30 per cent higher than before.

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Ministry to act against predetermined child gender

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Ministry to act against predetermined child gender

The Ministry of Health plans to crack down on medical workers and private ultra sound technicians who help women predetermine the sex of their child in the early stages of pregnancy and issue fines of upto VND10-20 million (US$470-950), an increase of 30 percent of the existing fine.

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Vietnam addresses gender imbalance

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Báo Dân Trí English 3 month(s) ago

Vietnam addresses gender imbalance

Officials from the Ministry of Health unveiled a project that will provide financial support to families with two girls as an incentive to diminish the problem of gender imbalance in Vietnam.

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Vietnam's population has reached 88,78 million people

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Hanoi Times English 3 month(s) ago 7 related news

The Hanoitimes - According to the latest statistics released at the year-end conference held last week in the capital by the General Office for Population and Family Planning.

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