Vietnam’s population has steadily increased every year but in the future, Vietnam will face a significant shortage of people.
The studies by the Central Obstetrics Hospital and the Hanoi Medical University with the participation of over 14,300 couples of reproductive age in eight provinces, representing eight ecological zones of Vietnam, showed that the rate of infertile couples is 7.7 percent. It is estimated that there are from 700,000 to one million infertile couples in Vietnam.
Dr. Ho Manh Tuong from the National University of HCM City said that the drop in birth rate and the introduction of liberal lifestyles of many young people make the issue of abortion and infertility more important than ever before. One of the long-term complications of abortion is infertility.
Recent studies show that the infertility rate is increasing, particularly due to secondary factors, related to reproductive infections and diseases due to abortion among adolescents and young people.
On the other hand, women today tend to marry later and delay having children, which can also lead to an increase of infertility. The use of contaminated food, smoking, drinking and physical inactivity also affects the quality of men's sperm, leading to infertility.
Infertility treatments take a lot of time, up to five to seven years for most of cases. In the field of infertility treatment, Vietnam’s health sector has had internationally-praised achievements. The country has taken the lead in the region for two treatment methodologies: farming eggs matured in vitro (IVM) and ovarian stimulation in patients with low weight.
Thanks to these approaches, the successful rate of in vitro fertilization in Vietnam is much higher than in other countries. As a result, many foreign patients come to Vietnam because of infertility problems.
