Nghe An has the 4th largest population in the country.

On the morning of December 4, the Provincial Steering Committee for Population and Development coordinated with the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district to organize the launching ceremony in response to the National Action Month on Population and celebrate the 58th anniversary of Vietnam Population Day (December 26, 1961 - December 26, 2019).

Attending the launching ceremony were comrade Duong Dinh Chinh - Member of the Party Committee, Director of the Department of Health, leaders of departments, branches, Quynh Luu district and many people.

National Action Month on Population 2019 is implemented from December 1 - December 31, 2019.with the theme “Accompanying the population and development cause for the prosperity of the country”. This has also been the goal of population work for many years, especially after Resolution 21 on population work in the new situation was implemented and the focus of population was shifted from Population - Family Planning to population and development work.

In Nghe An, in recent years, besides the achievements,Population work in the province still faces many difficulties and challenges. Nghe An is currently a province with a large population (ranked 4th in the country) and a high birth rate (ranked in the top 7 provinces with the highest birth rate in the country), the birth rate of the third child or more tends to increase again. Gender imbalance at birth and population aging are at an alarming level.

Comrade Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of the Department of Health beats the drum to launch the National Action Month on Population. Photo: My Ha

To focus on effectively solving the above challenges, at the launching ceremony, on behalf of the provincial leaders, the Director of the Department of Health requested localities to proactively and actively implement effectively Resolution No. 21 of the Party Central Committee on population work in the new situation and the Prime Minister's Vietnam Population Strategy to 2030.

Leaders of departments, branches and sectors presented gifts to families that implemented the population policy well in Quynh Luu district. Photo: My Ha

Besides, it is necessary to innovate and improve the effectiveness of propaganda and education work, promote the exemplary role of each cadre and party member in association with building cultural families, villages, hamlets and units.

At the same time, it is necessary toEffectively implement intervention solutions to improve population quality; proactively adjust population growth rate, restrain the increase in sex ratio at birth; propose solutions to promote the advantages of the "golden population" structure and respond to "population aging".

People of Quynh Luu district marched in response to the National Action Month on Population. Photo: My Ha

On this occasion, the Provincial Population Steering Committee and the Quynh Luu district government also presented many gifts to families who have implemented the population policy well and to excellent students who have overcome difficulties in Quynh Luu district.