Lam Nguyen

  • A girl rides a motorbike past the Ba Trieu kindergarten in Hanoi on June 4, 2025. The country’s communist government on June 4 lifted a long-standing ban on families having more than two children, as it battles to reverse a declining birth rate and ease the burden of an ageing population. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) / To go with ‘VIETNAM-POLITICS-POPULATION-CHILDREN,FOCUS’ by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Lam Nguyen (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)Leadership

    Vietnam scraps two-child limit but Vietnamese say no to more kids

    By Tran Thi Minh Ha, Lam Nguyen, and others