Health ministry proposes monetary incentive for second child

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A mother and her newborn at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Hue

 

Women in regions with low birth rates should be given an incentive payment of VND8.84 million ($388) if they have two children, the Health Ministry has proposed.

 

A draft outline of the Law on Population prepared for submission to the government says couples in areas with low birth rates would be encouraged to have two children.

 

The government would grant couples a sum equal to the minimum wage of the particular region they live in upon having their first child, and twice that upon having the second.

 

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[saakura]

388 USD incentive to have a second child!!! Seriously, one has to be totally dumb to believe this. It may just be enough to feed the baby for a month or two. What about the remaining years till the child starts earning? Expenses will go up as the child starts schooling. 388 USD a month till adulthood may incentivise some couples to have more babies.

Edited October 28, 2021 by saakura