Vietnam to spend $68M a year paying women to have a second child
Vietnam plans to spend more than VND1.8 trillion (US$68 million) a year on cash bonuses for women who have a second child, part of an urgent boost to reverse a fertility decline that has pushed the country's birth rate below replacement level.
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