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Vietnam scraps two-child limit as birth rate declines

A family rides a motorcycle along a street in Hanoi on June 4, 2025.[AFP]

Vietnam's communist government has scrapped its long-standing policy of limiting families to two children, state media said Wednesday, as the country battles to reverse a declining birth rate.

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