VOV.VN - Vietnam is projected to face a deficit of around 1.3 million women of marriageable age by 2049, a long-term consequence of decades of gender imbalance at birth, according to a new population forecast by the National Statistics Office.

The People's Committee of Hanoi is putting forward measures to stabilise population size, maintain replacement level fertility, minimise gender imbalance at birth, and improve population quality and health care for the elderly, thus contributing to fulfilling local socio-economic targets.

Gender imbalance at birth in Vietnam must be rectified, or it will produce unpredictable consequences and threaten population stability and the sustainable development of the country, the Ministry of Health’s General Office for Population and Family Planning said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam faces a significantly imbalanced sex ratio at birth (SRB) which could mean that by the year 2034, approximately 1.5 million men will not be able to marry, and the figure is expected to increase to 2.5 million by 2059.

VOV.VN - Gender imbalance is likely to get worse in Vietnam as men are expected to outstrip women by 1.38 million in 2026, according to a projection made by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - UN Women will continue to support the government and people of Vietnam in further promoting gender equality, Elisa Fernandez, UN Women representative in Vietnam has said during a recent interview granted to VOV.