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Vietnam to propose two children limit per couple

The Vietnamese government, in an attempt to reduce the population increase rate, plans to propose an ordinance this December to limit married couples to having two children. The 13th most crowded country in the world, with a population of around 84 million people, was initially expected to lessen the population increase rate by 0.3 percent this year.However,... Read more

Highways need $1.3bil per year to expand

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs to raise an estimated US$1.3 billion a year, or between 1.5 to 2.2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product, to build effective expressways, a new Transport Ministry study shows. “There is a great demand for funding from international donors for construction and technical assistance for capacity building in management,... Read more

0.43 per cent of population visually disable in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – An estimated 1.9 million people in Vietnam are visually disabled. Of those, 400.000 persons are two-eye blindness, recently revealed a report by the Vietnam Ophthalmology Association. A pupil is in an eye-examination in HCMC. (File Photo) diseases, said the report.Prevention and treatment of vision loss are among the most cost-effective... Read more

Vietnam has 188 students per 10,000 people

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam now has 188 university and junior college students for every 10,000 people, fulfilling 94% of the national target for 2010 according to an updated report about the socio-economic development in the first nine months of the year. In terms of higher education, the number of university students in regular training who have been... Read more