Money incentives to boost childbirth unfeasible: experts

A newborn baby at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hanoi, January 1, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Hue

It needs much more to encourage childbirth than just a sum of VND8.84 million ($388) granted to those having two children, experts said.

A draft outline of the Law on Population prepared for submission to the government states couples in areas with low birthrates 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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