Revised Population Ordinance: A driving force for a reasonable population structure

The revised Population Ordinance in 2025 is considered an important turning point, when our country's population policy officially shifts its focus from reducing births to adjusting appropriate birth rates, while improving population quality and promoting the golden population advantage. These changes are gradually coming into life, especially in remote and mountainous communes of the province.

Staff of My Thanh Health Station provide reproductive health counseling to Ms. Ban Thi Tam and her husband in Phieng Kham village, Cam Giang commune.

Ms. Ban Thi Tam, from Phieng Kham village, Cam Giang commune, regularly goes to My Thanh Health Station for weekly pregnancy check-ups. When the revised Population Ordinance was issued, Ms. Tam felt more secure, because in the past, having a third or fourth child often made many families apprehensive.

Ms. Tam shared: My husband and I both have jobs, stable health, and want to have more children to make our family more happy. The new policy creates conditions for people to be proactive in their childbearing plans, the important thing is to raise children well.

Ms. Hoang Thi Dao, also from Cam Giang commune, is also pregnant for the third time, and is regularly visited by staff at Quan Ha Health Station and given instructions on reproductive health care. Ms. Dao said: I was provided with basic information about the new Population Ordinance by the grassroots health staff, so I know that the State currently encourages giving birth to enough children, giving birth on time, and raising healthy children.

In fact, population work in recent years has had many remarkable results. Propaganda activities to implement and maintain population policy focus on the goal of reducing birth rate, considering it a key solution to reduce pressure on socio -economic development.

However, in the current period, with the birth rate falling sharply in many places and the rapid aging of the population, this policy is no longer suitable. Instead, flexible adjustments are needed to suit new realities and sustainable development orientation.

One of the highly legal changes is the amendment of Article 10 of the Population Ordinance, in Ordinance No. 07/2025/UBTVQH15 issued by the National Assembly Standing Committee on June 3, 2025, effective on the same day of signing.

Specifically, the 2025 amended Ordinance removes the limit of “one or two children”, replacing it with a broader provision that couples and individuals have the right to decide on the number of children appropriate to factors such as age, health, learning conditions, work, income, child-rearing conditions... on the basis of equality.

Accordingly, Instruction 15-HD/UBKTTW 2025 takes effect from March 20, 2025, adjusting regulations on disciplinary action against Party members who violate population policy. According to point 8.3, section III of this Instruction, the act of having a third child will no longer be considered for disciplinary action against Party members. This Instruction reflects the Party's adjustment in applying discipline, in accordance with the current situation and population policy.

In order for the new policy to come into life, communication, advocacy and implementation at the grassroots level are very important. Since the beginning of the year, Bach Thong Medical Center has organized more than 60 direct communication sessions in the community, attracting nearly 4,000 participants, of which women of childbearing age account for nearly 70%. The content focuses on reproductive health counseling, family planning and new regulations of the Population Ordinance.

According to Ms. Pham Thi Loan, Deputy Head of the Department of Population - Communication and Health Education, Bach Thong Medical Center: The amendment of the Population Ordinance not only clears policy, but also helps the health sector promote propaganda and adjust awareness of responsible childbirth and gender equality. When each person understands and implements correctly, the amended Population Ordinance is not only a legal document, but also becomes a driving force for a more reasonable, sustainable and humane population structure.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/xa-hoi/202510/phap-lenh-dan-so-sua-doi-dong-luc-cho-co-cau-dan-so-hop-ly-4870cf9/