Vietnam reports high abortion rate
One woman died of unsafe abortion every five days in Vietnam, and there are 83 abortion cases for every 1,000 Vietnamese women of the childbearing age, local newspaper Pioneer reported Monday.
The report added that each local woman undergoes 2.5 times of abortion in her life on average, and about one-thirds to half of the abortion cases are conducted in small private health establishments.
To reduce the abortion rate, Vietnam is encouraging local people to use modern contraceptive methods and improving sex education among people, especially the youth.
Vietnam now has a population of over 83.1 million, 50.8 percent of whom are women.
Xinhua - April 3, 2006.
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