Vietnamese two-child policy

Vietnam had a population policy in some form for over 50 years, between 1963 and 2025. It was originally launched by the communist government in North Vietnam in the early 1960s and continued throughout the country in modified forms even after the establishment of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976. The policy historically emphasized an official family-size goal of một hoặc hai con, which means "one or two children."

In 2014, Vietnam had an estimated population of 92.5 million people, which represented 1.28% of the total world population. As of 2020, the total fertility rate of Vietnam was approximately 2.0, close to the replacement-level fertility of 2.1, the rate "at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next" according to the World Resources Institute.

In 2025, due to a sub-replacement fertility rate, the communist government lifted all regulations regarding the number of children families are allowed to have.

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