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Vietnam has ended its two-child policy in hopes of a resurgence of youth in an aging population.

The communist country's National Assembly passed a new amendment that nullifies families from having a two-child limit, according to state media.

Vietnamese families are giving birth to fewer children and the birth rate has declined to 1.91 children per woman in 2024, state media said, and this is a trend that is especially true in the urban areas like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, where there are higher living costs.

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Vietnam’s two-child limit originated in the 1960s in Northern Vietnam to help prevent overpopulation, the Guardian reported .

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