The Population sector places people at the center of its mission.

On the morning of July 8th, in Dien Chau district, the Population and Family Planning Sub-Department organized a ceremony to commemorate World Population Day on July 11th. This year, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) chose the theme "25 years after the International Conference on Population and Development" (ICPD: Accelerating progress toward achieving commitments).

Comrade Pham Xuan Sanh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Dien Chau district, presents flowers to congratulate on World Population Day. Photo: My Ha.

After 25 years, the world has achieved many significant milestones, such as the increase in the percentage of women in less developed countries using modern contraception from 15% to 37%, a halving of the maternal mortality rate, and a reduction in the average number of children per woman from 6 to 4.

The organizing committee of the competition presented flowers to the three participating teams from Dien Binh and Dien Dong communes and Dien Chau town. Photo: My Ha.

Celebrating World Population Day is also an opportunity for the Population and Family Planning sector of the province to review the achievements made and the difficulties and challenges that need to be addressed.

Based on that, we propose strong, clear, and specific solutions and actions in accordance with the spirit of the ICPD Conference to create a world where all citizens enjoy their rights and are free to make choices that are right for them.

The competition attracted a large audience. Photo: My Ha.

The main tasks include effectively exploiting and utilizing the demographic dividend; building a just society free from discrimination and prejudice; and a society that always promotes, respects, and protects reproductive and sexual health care.

To commemorate World Population Day, the Provincial Population and Family Planning Department also organized a competition titled "Elderly People Living Happily and Healthily" for three teams from Dien Chau district.

The knowledge-based health and wellness section of the test included many questions related to population issues. Photo: My Ha

This is also an opportunity for all levels and sectors, from the district to the grassroots, to further strengthen the organization of activities to improve the quality of the population, especially by developing solutions to adapt to population aging.

As of now, the population of Nghe An is 3,169,000 people. The total number of children born in the first six months of the year is 23,000, a decrease of 953 compared to the same period in 2018. The birth rate is 6.96‰, a decrease of 0.3‰. The sex ratio at birth is 114 boys/100 girls.