The Ministry of Health proposes many preferential policies related to population.

Delegates pressed the start button and spread messages in response to World Population Day. Photo: Tran Minh

Ms. Dao Hong Lan, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Health, emphasized that population is the most important factor in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. Vietnamese law stipulates that each couple and individual has the right to decide on the time of giving birth, the number of children and the interval between births in accordance with the age, health status, conditions of study, work, work, income and child-rearing of the couple and individual on the basis of equality.

The Ministry of Health is developing the Population Law and the National Target Program on Health Care, Population and Development for the 2026-2035 period with the goal of ensuring social security, health and equality for all people based on the principle of taking people as the center, which is the goal of the country's sustainable development.

In the draft Population Law submitted to the Government for submission to the National Assembly at the upcoming 10th Session, there are a number of notable priorities regarding population work such as: preferential maternity leave; cash or in-kind support when giving birth; support for pregnant and giving birth women when undergoing prenatal and newborn screening; priority access to social housing support policies and other support appropriate to the socio-economic development situation of each period.

In addition, build and develop facilities to support and care for the elderly; prescribe measures to implement pre-marital health consultation and examination for men and women; prenatal and neonatal screening, diagnosis, and treatment...

Over the past three decades, Vietnam has achieved many important achievements in population work. The population size in 2024 will reach more than 101 million people. Vietnam is in the golden population period, creating great advantages for the socio-economic development process. The average life expectancy of Vietnamese people is increasing and reaching 74.7 years old in 2024...

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Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/tin-moi/202507/bo-y-te-de-xuat-nhieu-chinh-sach-uu-dai-lien-quan-den-dan-so-eb80843/