The plan aims to gradually increase the birth rate to achieve and sustain replacement-level fertility across the city, helping meet workforce demands and contributing to the successful implementation of Vietnam's Population Strategy through 2030 while supporting Hanoi's rapid and sustainable development.
Under the plan, Hanoi aims to achieve replacement-level fertility citywide by 2030. More than 95% of couples and men and women of reproductive age are expected to receive information on marriage and childbirth to help maintain replacement-level fertility throughout the city.
In addition, the city will develop and issue support policies for couples and individuals raising children. The plan focuses on strengthening leadership and direction from Party committees and authorities at all levels while mobilizing participation from departments, agencies, and social organizations in population work.
Authorities will intensify communications campaigns and public awareness efforts to encourage appropriate marriage and childbirth practices to ensure sustainable development and family well-being.
Hanoi will continue promoting awareness about the benefits of avoiding late marriage, delayed childbirth, and having too few children for socioeconomic development.
At the same time, communications campaigns will highlight the negative impacts of marrying too early, early childbirth, and closely spaced births among young men and women and couples of reproductive age, particularly in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.
The city plans to diversify communications activities with more engaging and persuasive formats, improve the effectiveness of mass media campaigns, and expand the use of multimedia platforms, including the internet and social media.
Authorities will also make greater use of cultural, artistic, and entertainment activities and encourage participation from influential public figures, including politicians, scientists, artists, athletes, and respected community leaders.
The plan includes support policies for couples and individuals raising children, including incentives encouraging families to have two children. Financial support will be provided to women who give birth to two children before the age of 35, as well as for pregnant women participating in prenatal and newborn screening programs.
Hanoi also aims to create a more family-friendly environment through services supporting workers with young children, including child pickup and care services, breast milk banks, and family doctor services.
The city will continue expanding access to family planning and reproductive healthcare services to ensure fairness and equal access regardless of gender or marital status, enabling individuals and couples to voluntarily decide the number and timing of children and spacing between births to improve population quality.
Hanoi will also develop and implement community-based infertility prevention models while promoting technology transfer and expanding reproductive support networks.
The plan calls for stronger training and capacity building for population work officials across agencies, organizations, and social groups, particularly in integrating replacement fertility policies into sectoral activities and training programs for civil servants and public employees.
In addition, Hanoi will study and implement science and technology initiatives related to population size, fertility rates, and intervention solutions to maintain replacement-level fertility citywide. Implementation of population policies will also become one of the criteria used in annual emulation and reward assessments for agencies, units, and localities.
The city will organize study programs and experience-sharing activities with provinces and cities that have achieved notable success in maintaining replacement fertility rates and managing population development.