Women receive advice on reproductive health from a doctor at a hospital in Hanoi's Me Linh District. (Photo hanoimoi.com.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - In the first nine months of this year, the sex ratio at birth in Hanoi stood at 110.5 boys to 100 girls, a decrease from 2018 when it was 113.5:100. The city welcomed more than 78,350 newborns in the first nine months of the year, an increase of 3,935 children over the same period last year. Among them, 6,136 were at least the third child in their families, rising by 254 compared to the previous year. Gender inequality was falling but the third-child birthrate had shown an increase, said Ta Quang Huy, director of the municipal Department of Population and Family Planning. The country's basic policy encourages parents to have two children per family. With a long-standing cultural preference for boys, couples who have only daughters always want a son because many believe that only … [Read more...] about Hanoi needs effective measures to reduce third child birth rate
