Vietnam among top five nations with highest abortion rate
(VOV) -A July 8 meeting in HCM City marking World Population Day announced that on a per capita basis, Vietnam has one of the five highest abortion rates in the world.
Delegates at the event reported that Vietnam has the highest abortion rate in the Southeast Asian region, and its birth rate among adolescents aged 15–19 years is rather high (46/1,000).
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They pointed out that Ho Chi Minh City has the highest abortion rate in Vietnam, particularly among adolescents whose rate increases year by year, from 2% in 2010 to 4% in 2013.
They attributed HCM City’s increasing rate to young people’s limited knowledge about reproductive health care, saying that the city should step up information dissemination and provide consultancy service to reduce abortion rate, particularly for teenagers.
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), adolescent pregnancy results in negative consequences for adolescent girls, both physically and spiritually.