Welkin Lei has been doing some paper-napkin calculations in his spare time and the numbers for having another child just don’t add up.

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has scrapped a policy that limited couples to have up to two children, as it addresses a declining birth rate and a shrinking working-age population. Vietnamese lawmakers on ...

Vietnam on Tuesday scrapped its nearly four-decade policy limiting families to two children, as Vietnamese birth rates continue to drop, the older population increases and officials warn of the ...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam abolished its long-standing two-child limit Tuesday to try and reverse declining birth rates and ease the pressures of an aging population. The National Assembly passed ...

Every so often, I’ll get a text or DM from a friend (or sometimes, someone I haven’t spoken to in years) with a message asking for my thoughts on being an only child. Often, these messages will say ...

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap could lift up to 470,000 children out of poverty, according to the latest estimates, by allowing low-income families to claim an extra £3,513 per year in universal ...

Vietnam has abolished its long-standing two-child policy to tackle concerns about declining birth and fertility rates. The National Assembly Standing Committee approved a new regulation lifting the ...

In 2013, the Conservative chancellor George Osborne introduced an overall benefits cap. It was designed to ensure that no household on out-of-work benefits (jobseeker’s allowance, housing benefit, ...

PORT SUDAN, (April 15, 2025) – One child every 10 seconds on average has been forced to flee their homes since the conflict began in Sudan two years ago, according to new analysis from Save the ...

A billboard campaigning for each family to have two children hangs above a street in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jan. 14, 2024. Jae C. Hong / AP Vietnam has scrapped a policy that limited couples to ...