Parental angst: why Vietnamese are having fewer babies

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A newborn baby at Tu Du Hospital in HCMC, January 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Anh Thu

 

After having her first child, Tuyet Nhung told her husband she did not want more since she felt worn out and wanted more leisure and personal time.

 

Nhung and her husband of Hanoi's Nam Tu Liem District got married when they were both over 30.

 

When her son was a newborn, he would cry all night, making her paranoid and "look around the house and think it is about to fall" and experience prolonged insomnia and headaches.

 

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[ChaiyaTH]

The real reason obviously is money. With plenty of that most issues around it are resolved. I only took 1 child for that reason at least.