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Ho Chi Minh City offers incentives for two-child families amid alarming birth rate

VnExpress

Nearly 9,000 women in Ho Chi Minh City receive 3-5 million dong for having two children before age 35, as the 14-million-strong megacity faces the nation's lowest birth rate.

Housing and childcare pressures deter young people in Ho Chi Minh City from having children

VnExpress

High property prices and exorbitant education costs in Ho Chi Minh City contribute to the city's birth rate being the lowest nationwide for many years, posing a significant challenge to socioeconomic development.