The National Assembly has passed the Population Law, which takes effect from July 1, 2026.
This Law stipulates communication, mobilization, and education on population; maintaining replacement birth rates, reducing gender imbalance at birth; adapting to population aging; improving population quality; conditions to ensure the implementation of population work.
According to the Population Law, implementing population and development policies is the responsibility of the entire political system, of each individual, family, business, organization and the whole society. The State plays a leading role and mobilizes society to implement population policies.
Have policies to improve the quality of the population in terms of physical, intellectual and spiritual aspects; protect and develop the population for ethnic minorities with very few people.
The law also clearly states the role of individuals and couples in having children to ensure sustainable development of the country and the happiness of the people.
At the same time, it also clearly states the rights and obligations of individuals, families, and employers; the interests of the community, society and the nation in implementing population work.
In particular, the law prioritizes communication, mobilization, and education on contents such as encouraging marriage and childbirth to maintain the replacement birth rate; reducing early marriage and consanguineous marriage;
Minimize gender imbalance at birth, the consequences of gender imbalance at birth; adapt to population aging, prepare for old age from a young age;
In addition, encourage people to take appropriate health care for each group of subjects; proactively access health consultation and examination services before marriage; screening, diagnosis, prenatal and neonatal treatment; infertility prevention, infertility treatment;
Promote the elimination of gender stereotypes, enhance the role of women and girls in families and communities.
The Law also clearly states that state management agencies on population are responsible for guiding communication, mobilization, and education on population; coordinating with agencies, organizations, and individuals to carry out communication, mobilization, and education on population.
Encourage schools to coordinate with families to implement communication, mobilization, and population education activities...
