Vietnam's population touches 90 million
Vietnam's population has reached 90 million, ranking 14th among countries with the largest population in the world, 8th in Asia and 3rd in Southeast Asia, according to Duong Quoc Trong, director of the General Office for Population and Family Planning.
To celebrate the occasion, Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan and Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien visited Nguyen Thi Thuy Dung, who was born at 2.45am on Friday at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Hanoi to become Vietnam’s 90 millionth citizen.
The baby, weighing 3.2kg, was born to mother Le Thi Duyen and father Nguyen Van Dung, who come from the northern city of Hai Duong. She is the couple’s second child.
Doan said the infant’s coming into existence represented the birth of a new generation, promising many new opportunities for the country’s development.
Trong said that in 1989, after a comprehensive population survey was conducted, Vietnam’s population was predicted to reach 90 million by 2002 and 105 million in 2010. But it wasn’t until now that Vietnam’s population reached 90 million, thanks to the country’s efforts to curb population growth.
Vietnam’s large population and resulting huge pool of human resources made it an attractive market for businesses and investors, Trong said.
According to the United Nations Population Fund, Vietnam is now in a period known as the “golden population structure”, which means that for every two people or more working, there is only one dependent person.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for Vietnam to soar if we can take advantage of such a demographic bonus,” Trong added.
