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East Asia Review, 1973. 10. Vietnam (South).


 In March 1973, the prime minister officially recognized the population problem and sent a request to the United Nations' Secretary General to add Vietnam to the list of signers of the U.N. Declaration on Population. A National Council on Population was created and a Permanent Secretariat was name to coordinate activities of the 6 committees concerned with population. A bill favorable to family planning is expected to pass Congress in 1974. Another bill was signed which limited the family allowance for military families to no more than 4 children. It was assumed that in 1973, the crude birth rate was 42 per 1000, the crude death rate was 12 per 1000, and the growth rate remained unchanged at 3%. Family planning activities in Vietnam are very restricted. No publicity is allowed, and there is a limited staff of health personnel. The number of new acceptors of contraceptive methods in the national program was approximately 23,700. This was a 100% increase over the previous year. Private organizations and practitioners contributed perhaps 10,000 additional new acceptors. The obsolete law of 1920 prohibiting dissemination of contraceptive materials has not been repealed. Training in Vietnam at the present time is still confined almost exclusively to family planning techniques, and there is a need to train more people in demographic research methods. The Minstry of Health completed a morbidity survey and a health service survey in An-Giang province and is currently conducting a fertility and KAP sample survey, an acceptor record and follow-up program, and a health manpower study. The government has set a target of reducing the natural increase rate from approximately 3% in 1973 to around 2% in 1980. In order to do this, the 1920 law must be repealed and new favorable legislation enacted, the National Council on Population will have to be effective, family planning clinics will be established, training programs will be instituted, steps must be taken in the area of information, education, and communication, and efforts must be made to provide adequate data for evaluation and research.
