A target set in the 2006-2010 communication strategy on changing behaviours of population, reproductive health and family planning is that by 2010, 95 percent of young people will be able to access basic knowledge and living skills relating to reproductive healthcare, gender, sex and sexual safety to reduce the rates of unwanted pregnancies, teenage mothers, and sexually-transmitted diseases.

Mr Chuong said at a recent press conference in Hanoi to prepare for the World Population Day (July 11).
In the coming time, with the Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s assistance, the committee will implement a large communication programme on preventing HIV/AIDS among the youth.

Over the past few years, there has been a reproductive health and population education programme at schools with the aim of making students know how to help increase the population's quality, especially to improve reproductive health and gender equality rights.

There are now more than 26 million young people, making up nearly 31.5 percent of the country's total population with more than 26 million. The 2004 national survey showed that 30 percent of abortion cases were from unmarried women and 21.5 percent of unmarried young men had sexual intercourse with prostitutes, a high risk for sexually-transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.