This will lead to the fact that millions of men may be left on the self and many other consequences like the break of family structure, prostitution, woman trafficking and gender violence.
Social problems caused by gender imbalance was warned at an international seminar held by the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on October 5-6. The event attracted 11 countries which are in the same situation as Vietnam, such as China, India, Albania, Nepal, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
According to experts, this situation sources from the male chauvinism and the development of science and technology which allow people to easily choose sex. This matter appeared in South Korea, China and some other countries in the 1980s and it is now in many Asian countries, including Vietnam.
Nguyen Van Tan, vice chief of the General Department of Population – Planning Family said that gender imbalance in Vietnam appeared quite late but it raises fast. Notably, it occurs mainly in the well-off class.
For the poorest group (around 20 percent of population), the rate of newborn male/female babies is 105.2/100, which is very normal, it is 112.9/100 in the richest group and up to 132.9/100 for the third birth delivery, also in this group.
Tan said Vietnam has not performed systematic research of this but it is highly possible that rich people are easy to access to sex selecting technology. The pressure of having a son for maintaining the continuity of family line and inherit asset is heavier. Another reason is this group is rich and highly educated so they do not have many children. With only one or two children, they prefer sons so the driving force for using sex selecting technology is higher than in other groups.
In almost countries in the world, the rate of male/female inborn babies is often from 104-106/100. But the sex imbalance is increasing in some Asian countries in the last 25 years, especially in China and India. Asia is now in shortage of up to 117 million women. It is now a great challenge for Vietnam.
Many experts have warned that without effective intervention, in the next 15-20 years, around 2.3 to 4.3 million of Vietnamese men will be unable to get married with Vietnamese women.
Hoang Thuy
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