Vietnam has set a target of maintaining its population at 93 million by 2015 with a growth rate of approximately one percent.

The target is part of the National Target Programme for Population and Family Planning for the period 2012-2015, recently approved by the Prime Minister.

The programme aims to stablise the population between 115-120 million people by the middle of the 21st century.

It has been allocated a budget of over VND8.9 trillion, through four ongoing projects.

They include a project to ensure the logistics for family planning services; a project to control inborn deformities, diseases and gender imbalance at birth; and comprehensive information campaign.