Vietnam: State agencies are responsible for socializing the population

The objectives of the population policy are to maintain that each couple has one child or two children in order to stabilize the population size, ensure the population structure and rational population distribution and raise the population quality. According to Article 5 of the Decree No. 104/2003/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, agencies and organizations shall, within the scope of their respective tasks and powers, have the responsibilities:

- To organize the implementation of the legislation on population:

+ Elaborating and organizing the implementation of regulations, charters or other proper forms in accordance with law provisions so as to attain the objectives of the population policy.

+ Organizing the application of measures suitable to their conditions; creating conditions and providing means and funding support for their members to implement the population work.

+ Creating conditions for their members to implement their regulations, charters or other rules; the village codes or conventions of communities on population.

+ Including the population work norms into their routine activity plans.

+ Examining, evaluating, making preliminary and sum-up reviews of the materialization of the objectives of the population policy.

- To create conditions for individuals, family members to implement the population policy:

+ Providing information on, propagating, campaigning for, and education in, population.

+ Providing diversified, quality, convenient and safe population services directly to people.

- To incorporate population elements in socio-economic development plans and programs.

- To socialize the population.

More details at the Decree No. 104/2003/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, effective from October 03, 2003.

Le Vy

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