More young couples seek divorce, prefer to be childless as lifestyles change: experts

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Many young couples want to get divorced due to "materialistic" lifestyles and avoid having children due to financial pressures, experts said at a conference on cultural and family values.

 

Speaking at the event Tuesday, Nguyen Thi Minh Huong, deputy head of the Women’s Union, said "fidelity" and "harmony" in marriage are in decline.

 

Divorce rates are rising as young people are influenced by "open, materialistic lifestyles," she said, pointing to the fact the divorce rate almost doubled from 1% in 2009 to 1.8% in 2019.

 

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